Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Surface connector with silicone spring member
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Application No.: US14845084Application Date: 2015-09-03
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Publication No.: US09899757B2Publication Date: 2018-02-20
- Inventor: Trent K. Do
- Applicant: APPLE INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP
- Main IPC: H01R24/00
- IPC: H01R24/00 ; H01R13/42

Abstract:
Contact structures for devices, where contacts in the contact structures provide a proper normal force while consuming a minimal amount of surface area, depth, and volume in a device and where the contact structures prevent or limit the ingress of fluid or debris into the device. On example may provide a contact structure having a frame. The frame may be arranged to be placed in an opening in a device enclosure for an electronic device or the frame may be part of the electronic device. The frame may include a number of passages, each passage for a contact of the contact structure. Each contact may be held to the frame by a pliable membrane. Each contact may connect to a board in the electronic device via a compliant conductive path.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170069995A1 SURFACE CONNECTOR WITH SILICONE SPRING MEMBER Public/Granted day:2017-03-09
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