US 11,840,177 B1
System for holding devices
Sawyer I. Cohen, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Jack J. Wanderman, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Romain A. Teil, San Francisco, CA (US); Mikael P. Sedlacek, Mountain View, CA (US); Jorge C. Fialho, San Jose, CA (US); Kirill Kalinichev, San Francisco, CA (US); Robert D. Silfvast, Belmont, CA (US); and Justin D. Crosby, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Sawyer I. Cohen, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Jack J. Wanderman, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Romain A. Teil, San Francisco, CA (US); Mikael P. Sedlacek, Mountain View, CA (US); Jorge C. Fialho, San Jose, CA (US); Kirill Kalinichev, San Francisco, CA (US); Robert D. Silfvast, Belmont, CA (US); and Justin D. Crosby, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/917,208.
Application 16/917,208 is a continuation of application No. 15/686,229, filed on Aug. 25, 2017, granted, now 10,703,297.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/379,817, filed on Aug. 26, 2016.
Int. Cl. B60R 11/02 (2006.01); B60N 3/10 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 11/02 (2013.01) [B60N 3/103 (2013.01); B60R 2011/007 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0077 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0091 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a holding device that is configured to selectively emit a magnetic field and is configured to releasably couple an auxiliary device, for holding contents, thereto; and
a sensor configured to detect user touch of the auxiliary device,
wherein the holding device is selectively operated according to the sensor.