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US 10,707,627 B2Granted
Hybrid connector
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsReza Nasiri Mahalati, Blake R. Marshall, Liquan Tan, Florence W. Ow, Alex C. Yeung, John Raff, Robert Scritzky, Wei-Hsuan Chen, Eric S. Jol, Madhusudanan Keezhveedi Sampath, Nan Liu, Gianpaolo Lisi, YiBo Liu
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Abstract
Hybrid connectors that may transfer power and data with a variety of electronic devices having different types of connector interfaces, may consume a minimal amount of surface area, depth, and volume in an electronic device, and may be readily manufactured.
Claims20
An electronic device comprising:
- a device enclosure;
- an opening in the device enclosure;
- a window in the opening in the device enclosure;
- a plurality of contacts, each in a corresponding one of a plurality of openings in the window;
- and
- a ferrite aligned with the window and positioned such that the plurality of contacts are between the ferrite and the window, wherein the ferrite is partially wrapped with a winding.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a device enclosure;
- an opening in the device enclosure;
- a ferrite aligned with the opening in the device enclosure;
- a winding around at least a portion of the ferrite;
- a plurality of contacts aligned with the opening in the device enclosure, each of the plurality of contacts between the opening and the ferrite, each of the plurality of contacts having a tail extending under the ferrite;
- and
- a flexible circuit board extending under the ferrite and contacting the tail of each of the plurality of contacts.
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A contact assembly comprising:
- a plurality of contacts, each having a contacting surface for mating with a corresponding contact on a corresponding connector and a contacting portion for mating to a flexible circuit board;
- and
- a housing supporting the plurality of contacts, a front side of the housing including a raised portion around the plurality of contacts and a plurality of insulating rings, each around a corresponding one of the plurality of contacts, where a contacting surface of each of the plurality of contacts is exposed at the front side of the housing and a contacting portion of each of the plurality of contacts is exposed at a backside of the housing,
- wherein the contacting surface of each of the plurality of contacts is substantially flush with a surface of a corresponding insulating ring, and
- wherein the backside of the housing comprises a plurality of alignment features and is otherwise substantially flat such that the backside of the housing is configured to be covered with the flexible circuit board.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.