The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2018
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Reza Nasiri Mahalati, San Jose, CA (US);

Blake R. Marshall, San Jose, CA (US);

Liquan Tan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Florence W. Ow, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);

Alex C. Yeung, San Francisco, CA (US);

John Raff, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Robert Scritzky, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Wei-Hsuan Chen, New Taipei, TW;

Eric S. Jol, San Jose, CA (US);

Madhusudanan Keezhveedi Sampath, San Jose, CA (US);

Nan Liu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Gianpaolo Lisi, Los Gatos, CA (US);

YiBo Liu, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/66 (2006.01); H01R 13/22 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H01R 12/77 (2011.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H01F 27/255 (2006.01); H01F 38/14 (2006.01); H01R 13/502 (2006.01); H01R 27/00 (2006.01); H01F 27/28 (2006.01); H02J 7/34 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/6675 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); H01F 27/255 (2013.01); H01F 38/14 (2013.01); H01R 12/77 (2013.01); H01R 13/22 (2013.01); H01R 13/502 (2013.01); H01R 13/521 (2013.01); H01R 13/6633 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02); H01F 2027/2857 (2013.01); H01R 27/00 (2013.01); H01R 2201/06 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); H02J 7/025 (2013.01); H02J 7/342 (2020.01);
Abstract

Hybrid connectors that may transfer power and data with a variety of electronic devices having different types of connector interfaces, may consume a minimal amount of surface area, depth, and volume in an electronic device, and may be readily manufactured.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…