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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
William P. Cornelius, Saratoga, CA (US);
Mahmoud R. Amini, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 24/00 (2011.01); H01R 33/00 (2006.01); H01R 24/60 (2011.01); H01R 13/6471 (2011.01); H01R 13/648 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 24/60 (2013.01); H01R 13/6471 (2013.01); H01R 13/6485 (2013.01);
Abstract
Connector receptacle tongues having contacts arranged to disconnect from corresponding contacts in a connector insert in such a way that undesirable current pathways that damage electrical components associated with the connector receptacle are avoided. Other examples include connector receptacles having a tongue in a passage and ground spring contacts located in openings in sides of the passage, where the ground spring contacts connect to a shield of a connector insert such that these undesirable current pathways are avoided.