Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Magnetic charger connector for wheelchair
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Application No.: US16559782Application Date: 2019-09-04
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Publication No.: US11491884B2Publication Date: 2022-11-08
- Inventor: Thomas Stucki , Thomas Kurzen , Christof Zurbrugg , Kurt Stump
- Applicant: Curtis Instruments, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NY Mount Kisco
- Assignee: Curtis Instruments, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Curtis Instruments, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Mount Kisco
- Agency: Harrington & Smith
- Main IPC: H01R13/62
- IPC: H01R13/62 ; B60L53/16

Abstract:
An apparatus including a first electrical connector; and a second electrical connector. The first and second electrical connectors have magnets to provide a magnetic holding force with each other and provide alignment of the electrical connectors to hold the second electrical connector against the first electrical connector at a predetermined position. Magnetic poles of the magnets are configured to limit orientation of the second electrical connector on the first electrical connector. The second electrical connector includes two power contacts and an interruption detector contact, where the power contacts are movably mounted on the second housing and configured to disconnect from electrical contacts of the first electrical connector, when the second electrical connector is being disconnected from the first electrical connector, only after the interruption detector contact of the second plurality of electrical contacts disconnects from an electrical contact of the first electrical connector.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190389320A1 Magnetic Charger Connector for Wheelchair Public/Granted day:2019-12-26
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