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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2020
Applicant:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 11/30 (2006.01); H01R 13/62 (2006.01); H01R 13/639 (2006.01); H01R 13/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/6205 (2013.01); H01R 13/2421 (2013.01); H01R 13/639 (2013.01); H01R 2201/06 (2013.01); H01R 2201/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for coupling is described. The system includes, a printed electronic circuit having one or more conductive traces disposed on a flexible substrate The printed electronic circuit includes one or more magnetic couplers disposed on the flexible substrate. The system includes a magnetic connector having one or more magnets that each magnetically attach to a corresponding one of the one or more magnetic couplers The magnetic connector includes one or more spring-loaded pins each aligned with and electrically coupled to a corresponding one of the one or more conductive traces.