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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2023
Spark Biomedical, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Jared Wettenstein, League City, TX (US);
Alejandro Covalin, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Ryan Clingan, Houston, TX (US);
Terry Douglas Daglow, Houston, TX (US);
Spark Biomedical, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
In an illustrative embodiment, a connector for interfacing a flexible circuitry device with an apparatus includes a housing having a lower housing portion and an upper housing portion with a button region for a button, circuit board(s) including contact(s) for interfacing with corresponding contact(s) of an I/O section of flexible circuitry, retention feature(s) for frictionally retaining the I/O section against the contact(s) of the circuit board(s), and a cable interface. When the button is in a retain position, the button creates a downward force on the retention feature(s) toward the lower housing portion, thereby frictionally retaining the I/O section of the flexible circuitry, and, when the button is in a release position, the retention feature(s) is displaced in a direction of the upper housing portion, thereby creating or widening an aperture for insertion of the I/O section.