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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2019
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
James David Wahl, Woodinville, WA (US);
Xianming Huang, Shenzhen, CN;
Royce Dean Chang, Seattle, WA (US);
Colin Kelong Zhao, Shenzhen, CN;
Jonne Aapi Harju, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A connector assembly including a first intermediate connector member associated with a first device and having a first connector interface and a second intermediate connector having a second connector interface. The first intermediate connector and the second intermediate connector are movable between an interfaced state in which the first connector interface is in contact with the second connector, and a tethered state in which the first connector interface is spaced apart from the second connector interface. The connector assembly further includes a tether member connecting the first intermediate connector and the second intermediate connector in the tethered state. The tether may include a flexible body configured to control a path along at least an axis of either the first intermediate connector or the second intermediate connector during movement from the interfaced state to the tethered state.