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US 10,321,587 B2Granted
Integrated connector receptacle device
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsDavid Kyungtag Lim, Jason Edward Jordan
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Abstract
An electronic device is provided. In some embodiments, the electronic device includes an electronic device housing having a sidewall and a connector receptacle integral to the electronic device housing. An electrical connector is fixedly positioned at least partially within the connector receptacle. The electrical connector includes an electrical connector end at least partially within the connector receptacle and a connector body at least partially outside the connector receptacle.
Claims18
An electronic device, comprising:
- an electronic device housing having a back major wall and a sidewall oriented perpendicular to the back major wall, the back major wall and the sidewall integral to the electronic device housing, the electronic device housing including a shoulder;
- a display assembly engaged with the shoulder;
- a connector receptacle integral to the electronic device housing, the connector receptacle including a bottom wall and a top wall, the connector receptacle having a height between the top wall and the bottom wall, the bottom wall and the top wall extending between a first opening through an outer surface of the sidewall of the electronic device housing and a second opening within the electronic device housing, the bottom wall of the connector receptacle defined by the back major wall of the electronic device housing, the connector receptacle being a unitary component with the back major wall and with the sidewall of the electronic device housing and being made of a same material as the back major wall and the sidewall of the electronic device housing;
- an electrical connector positioned at least partially within the connector receptacle, the electrical connector including an electrical connector end at least partially within the connector receptacle and a connector body that occupies all of the height of the connector receptacle within the connector receptacle;
- a first circuit board positioned at a bottom of the electronic device housing, the connector body connected to the first circuit board;
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- a post that extends from the back major wall of the electronic device housing, the connector receptacle positioned between the sidewall and the post.
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An electronic device, comprising:
- an electronic device housing having a back major wall and a sidewall oriented perpendicular to the back major wall, the back major wall and the sidewall integral to the electronic device housing,
- the electronic device housing including a shoulder;
- a display assembly engaged with the shoulder;
- a first circuit board positioned at a top of the electronic device housing;
- a second circuit board positioned at a bottom of the electronic device housing;
- a connector receptacle integral to the electronic device housing, the connector receptacle including a bottom wall and a top wall and a height between the top wall and the bottom wall, the bottom wall and the top wall extending between a first opening through an outer surface of the sidewall of the electronic device housing and a second opening within the electronic device housing, the bottom wall of the connector receptacle defined by the back major wall of the electronic device housing, the connector receptacle being a unitary component with the back major wall and with the sidewall of the electronic device housing and being made of a same material as the back major wall and the sidewall of the electronic device housing;
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- an electrical connector fixedly positioned at least partially within the connector receptacle, the electrical connector including a male electrical connector end at least partially within the connector receptacle and a connector body directly connected to the second circuit board and that occupies all of the height of the connector receptacle within the connector receptacle;
- a first circuit board positioned at a bottom of the electronic device housing, the connector body connected to the first circuit board;
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- a post that extends from the back major wall of the electronic device housing, the connector receptacle positioned between the sidewall and the post.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.