US 2014/0213074 A1 · ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR

Abstract

A wearable connector includes a housing having a base and a shroud that extends from the base. The shroud includes a tunnel having an open end and an interior surface. The open end of the tunnel is configured to receive a mating connector therein. The base is configured to be mounted to a wearable article. Terminals are held directly by the shroud such that mating segments of the terminals extend at least one of directly on or through the interior surface of the tunnel. The tunnel of the shroud is configured to receive the mating connector into the tunnel through the open end such that the mating segments of the terminals mate with mating terminals of the mating connector within the tunnel.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A wearable connector comprising:

a housing comprising a base and a shroud that extends from the base, the shroud comprising a tunnel having an open end and an interior surface, the open end of the tunnel being configured to receive a mating connector therein, the base being configured to be mounted to a wearable article;
and
terminals held directly by the shroud such that mating segments of the terminals extend at least one of directly on or through the interior surface of the tunnel, wherein the tunnel of the shroud is configured to receive the mating connector into the tunnel through the open end such that the mating segments of the terminals mate with mating terminals of the mating connector within the tunnel.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/147,068Filed 3 Jan 2014

Priority

31 Jan 2013

Published

31 Jul 2014

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

A41D 1/005
Adapted to accommodate electronic equipment: with embedded cable or connector
H01R 13/518
Means for holding or embracing insulating body, e.g. casing , hoods: for holding or embracing several coupling parts, e.g. frames
H01R 13/5213
Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof cases: covers
H01R 12/81
For flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures: connecting to another cable except for flat or ribbon cable

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Abstract

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