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US 2026/0005474 A1Published application
Orientation agnostic electronic device modules
AssigneeVirgin Galactic Holdings, Inc.
InventorBalkar Sidhu
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Abstract
Examples of the presently disclosed technology provide electronic device modules which can promote fail-safe installation for polarity-dependent circuit elements, and other electronic circuit elements. In some implementations, the electronic device modules may be orientation agnostic about one or more axes.
Claims20
A module comprising:
- an electronic device;
- a first connector module mechanically and electrically connected to the electronic device;
- and
- a second connector module mechanically and electrically connected to the electronic device;
- wherein:
- the electronic device, the first connector module, and the second connector module are arranged along a first axis with the electronic device positioned between the first connector module and the second connector module along the first axis, and
- an external connector-facing interface of the first connector module is symmetric with an external connector-facing interface of the second connector module about a second axis orthogonal to the first axis.
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A module comprising:
- an electronic device;
- a first connector module mechanically and electrically connected to the electronic device;
- and
- a second connector module mechanically and electrically connected to the electronic device;
- wherein:
- the electronic device, the first connector module, and the second connector module are arranged along a first axis with the electronic device positioned between the first connector module and the second connector module along the first axis,
- an external connector-facing interface of the first connector module is symmetric with an external connector-facing interface of the second connector module about a second axis orthogonal to the first axis,
- the external connector-facing interface of the first connector module is asymmetric about the first axis, and
- the external connector-facing interface of the second connector module is asymmetric about the first axis.
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A system comprising:
- an electronic device module comprising:
- an electronic device comprising:
- a circuit element comprising a first terminal and a second terminal;
- a first connector module-facing contact electrically connected to the first terminal, and
- a second connector module-facing contact electrically connected to the second terminal,
- a connector module comprising:
- a first electronic device-facing contact electrically and mechanically connected to the first connector module-facing contact of the electronic device,
- a first external connector-facing contact electrically connected to the first electronic device-facing contact,
- a second electronic device-facing contact electrically and mechanically connected to the second connector module-facing contact of the electronic device, and
- a second external connector-facing contact electrically connected to the second electronic device-facing contact;
- and
- an external connector comprising:
- a first electronic device module-facing contact,
- a second electronic device module-facing contact,
- a third electronic device module-facing contact,
- a fourth electronic device module-facing contact,
- a first external-facing contact electrically connected to the first electronic device module-facing contact and the second electronic device module-facing contact, and
- a second external-facing contact electrically connected to the third electronic device module-facing contact and the fourth electronic device module-facing contact;
- wherein in a first orientation for the electronic device module:
- the first electronic device module-facing contact is configured to align with, and mechanically and electrically connect with the first external connector-facing contact of the connector module, and
- the third electronic device module-facing contact is configured to align with, and mechanically and electrically connect with the second external connector-facing contact of the connector module;
- and
- wherein in a second orientation for the electronic device module rotated 180 degrees from the first orientation:
- the second electronic device module-facing contact is configured to align with, and mechanically and electrically connect with the first external connector-facing contact of the connector module, and
- the fourth electronic device module-facing contact is configured to align with, and mechanically and electrically connect with the second external connector-facing contact of the connector module.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.