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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
May. 19, 2017
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Akash Atul Shah, Seattle, WA (US);
Daniel Beirne, Redmond, WA (US);
Mark Gerard Rice, Seattle, WA (US);
Kurt David Wrisley, Edmonds, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
To address the issue of radio frequency interference with high-speed connectors, a communication port connector for use in a computing device is provided. The communication port connector may include a shell that defines a void that is configured to receive an electrical plug. Port-side electrical contacts in the shell may be configured to make electrical connections with plug-side electrical contacts. One or more double leaf spring fingers may be formed in a side of the shell, with each double leaf spring finger including a first spring finger coupled to a second spring finger. The first spring finger may be configured to contact the electrical plug, and the second spring finger may be configured to contact a chassis of the computing device, thereby creating a ground path to ground the electrical plug to the primary ground plane of the device when it is inserted into the communication port connector.