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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. 08, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2009
Applicants:
Chris T. LI, Fremont, CA (US);
Steven Chase, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Chris T. Li, Fremont, CA (US);
Steven Chase, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 4/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is a clip configured to ground a receptacle, such as a micro universal serial bus (MUSB) receptacle, to a ground plane. The clip may comprise a pair of locating features extending from the front edge of the clip for alignment with an edge of a circuit board to which the receptacle is affixed, a spring tab on the top surface configured to contact the ground plane when the device is assembled, and engagement features on the left and right sides of the receptacle surface configured to engage the clip to the receptacle.