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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2011
Brett Bilbrey, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Aleksandar Pance, Saratoga, CA (US);
Peter Arnold, Cupertino, CA (US);
David I. Simon, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jean Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael D. Hillman, Los Altos, CA (US);
Gregory L. Tice, Los Altos, CA (US);
Vijay Iyer, Mountain View, CA (US);
Bradley Spare, San Jose, CA (US);
Brett Bilbrey, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Aleksandar Pance, Saratoga, CA (US);
Peter Arnold, Cupertino, CA (US);
David I. Simon, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jean Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael D. Hillman, Los Altos, CA (US);
Gregory L. Tice, Los Altos, CA (US);
Vijay Iyer, Mountain View, CA (US);
Bradley Spare, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A plug or connector including a coded magnet and an electrical contact. As the plug approaches a corresponding port, the coded magnet interacts with a magnet within the port. The interaction between the plug coded magnet and the port coded magnet provides a force to connect and/or align the plug with the port. Once the plug is received within the port, if a process is completed, the coded magnets polarities are altered to eject the plug from the port.