US 10,566,715 B2Granted

Reduced net force electrical connectors

AssigneeApple Inc.

InventorsSameer Pandya, Makiko K. Brzezinski, Ryan C. Perkins

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Abstract

Electronic devices are disclosed that include a housing and a display coupled to the housing by an adhesive. The display includes an antenna component. The device includes a casing coupled to the display, a circuit board positioned within the housing, a wireless communication component coupled to the circuit board. The device includes a receptacle connector coupled to the housing and an electrical contact electrically coupled to the wireless communication component. The device further includes a plug connector that electrically connects the antenna component to the wireless communication component. The plug connector includes a first portion electrically coupled to the antenna component, positioned within the casing and translatable within the casing along a first axis orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the first portion. The plug connector includes a second portion electrically coupled to the first portion, extending into the receptacle connector and contacting the electrical contact of the receptacle connector.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A wearable electronic device comprising:

a housing;
a display mechanically coupled to the housing by an adhesive, the display including an antenna component configured to operate as at least a portion of a wireless antenna;
a casing mechanically coupled to the display, the casing defining a cavity having a predetermined size;
a circuit board positioned within the housing;
a wireless communication component coupled to the circuit board;
a receptacle connector mechanically coupled to the housing and having a longitudinal axis extending along a depth of the receptacle connector, the receptacle connector including an electrical contact that is electrically coupled to the wireless communication component;
and
a plug connector that electrically couples the antenna component to the wireless communication component, the plug connector comprising:
a first portion electrically coupled to the antenna component and positioned within the casing, the first portion sized and shaped such that it is translatable within the casing along a first axis and a second axis each of which is orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the receptacle connector;
and
a second portion extending away from and electrically coupled to the first portion and extending into the receptacle connector and contacting the electrical contact of the receptacle connector.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/935,742Filed 26 Mar 2018 · us provisional application
Priority: 29 Sep 2017
Published: US 2019/0103688 A14 Apr 2019
Granted: 18 Feb 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification20 codes

H01R 12/7076
Coupling devices: for connection between PCB and component, e.g. display
G04G 17/045
Mounting of electronic components: mounting of the display
G04G 17/06
Component assemblies: electric connectors, e.g. conductive elastomers
G04G 21/04
Input or output devices integrated in time-pieces: using radio waves