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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2018
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Albert J. Golko, Saratoga, CA (US);
Mathias W. Schmidt, Mountain View, CA (US);
Eric S. Jol, San Jose, CA (US);
Jahan Minoo, San Jose, CA (US);
Ian Spraggs, San Francisco, CA (US);
Cameron Frazier, San Carlos, CA (US);
Fletcher Rothkopf, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jonathan Aase, Redwood City, CA (US);
Wendell Sander, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jeffrey J. Terlizzi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A dual orientation connector having a connector tab with first and second major opposing sides and a plurality of electrical contacts carried by the connector tab. The plurality of contacts includes a first set of external contacts formed at the first major side and a second set of external contacts formed at the second major side. The first plurality of contacts are symmetrically spaced with the second plurality of contacts and the connector tab is shaped to have 180 degree symmetry so that it can be inserted and operatively coupled to a corresponding receptacle connector in either of two insertion orientations.