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US 9,431,772 B2Granted
Connector retention features
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsZheng Gao, Mahmoud R. Amini, Chia Chi Wu
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Abstract
Connector systems that may include improved locking and retention features. One example includes a connector plug having an opening to accept an end of a wide portion of a connector receptacle tongue. Another connector plug may include top and bottom rails for holding a wide portion of a connector receptacle tongue. The locking and retention features may provide a large locking force. Further examples may accordingly provide unlocking features.
Claims23
A first connector comprising:
- a plurality of contacts at least partially located in a housing;
- and
- a first side ground contact having an opening, a front leading edge of the side ground contact angled away from the plurality of contacts, and a tab at a front of the opening extending from the front of the opening towards a back of the side ground contact and angled monotonically away from the plurality of contacts,
- wherein the opening is arranged such that a first end of a wide portion of a tongue of a second connector fits in the opening when the second connector is mated with the first connector.
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A first connector comprising:
- a plurality of contacts at least partially located in a housing;
- and
- a first side ground contact having an opening, a front of the side ground contact angled away from the plurality of contacts,
- wherein the opening is arranged such that a first end of a wide portion of a tongue of a second connector fits in the opening when the second connector is mated with the first connector.
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A first connector comprising:
- a plurality of contacts at least partially located in a housing;
- and
- a first side ground contact comprising:
- a first rail arranged to be positioned over a first end of a wide portion of a tongue of a second connector when the first connector and the second connector are mated, the first rail having a first contacting portion;
- and
- a second rail arranged to be positioned under the first end of the wide portion of a tongue of the second connector when the first connector and the second connector are mated, the second rail having a second contacting portion;
- wherein the first contacting portion and the second contacting portion are arranged to hold the first wide end of the tongue of the second connector when the first connector and the second connector are mated.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.