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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2017
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
William P. Cornelius, Saratoga, CA (US);
Mahmoud R. Amini, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Zheng Gao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01P 3/08 (2006.01); H01P 5/08 (2006.01); H01R 13/6469 (2011.01); H01R 13/6473 (2011.01); H01R 13/66 (2006.01); H01R 12/72 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/6469 (2013.01); H01R 13/6473 (2013.01); H01R 13/665 (2013.01); H01R 12/721 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device including a universal serial bus type-C connector. The connector includes a first plurality of contacts and a second plurality of contacts. Each of the first plurality of contacts and each of the second plurality of contacts include a first layer formed of a first material and a second layer formed of a second material, the second layer over the first layer. The second layer is present in a first area of each of the first plurality of contacts and the second layer is absent from the first area of each of the second plurality of contacts.