Adapter with at least two adapter parts which are connectable to one another

An adapter having two complimentary adapter parts which can be magnetically coupled to each other, the adapter comprising:

• a first adapter part having a first end and an opposing second end, with a longitudinal axis extending medially through the first adapter part from the first end to the second end, the first end of the first adapter part having a plug configured for releasable communicative engagement with a USB port of a first electronic device, and the second end of the first adapter part defining a recess step having two generally vertically oriented spaced apart bearing faces that are oriented transverse to the longitudinal axis and further having a generally horizontally oriented contact face that extends generally along the longitudinal axis and is positioned between the two generally vertically oriented spaced apart bearing faces, the generally horizontally oriented contact face carrying plural spacedly arrayed strip type electrical contacts and plural shielding contacts positioned parallel to and spacedly adjacent the plural strip type electrical contacts, and further wherein the generally horizontally oriented contact face of the first adapter part carries magnets laterally outward of the plural strip type electrical contacts;
• a second adapter part having a first end and an opposing second end, with a longitudinal axis extending medially through the second adapter part from the first end to the second end, the second end of the second adapter part having an interface for releasable communicative engagement with a second electronic device, and the first end of the second adapter part defining a recess step that is complementary to the recess step defined by the first adapter part, the recess step defined by the second adapter part having two generally vertically oriented spaced apart bearing faces that are oriented transverse to the longitudinal axis and further having a generally horizontally oriented contact face that extends generally along the longitudinal axis and is positioned between the two generally vertically oriented spaced apart bearing faces, the generally horizontally oriented contact face carrying plural spacedly arrayed spring loaded electrical counter contacts and plural shielding contacts positioned parallel to and spacedly adjacent the plural spring loaded electrical counter contacts, and further wherein the generally horizontally oriented contact face of the second adapter part carries magnets laterally outward of the plural spring loaded electrical counter contacts;
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• the magnets carried within the generally horizontally oriented contact face of the first adapter part and the magnets carried within the generally horizontally oriented contact face of the second adapter part are oriented such that the magnets are magnetically attracted to one another to cause the first adapter part contact face and the second adapter part contact face to magnetically connect vertically so that the spaced apart generally vertically oriented bearing faces of the first and second adapter parts are immediately adjacent one another so that the plural spring loaded electrical counter contacts of the second adapter part contact face are in direct physically contact the plural strip type electrical contacts of the first adapter part contact face to provide electrical communication between and through the first adapter part and the second apart between the USB plug and the interface.