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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2012
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Alex Yeung, San Francisco, CA (US);
Carl Peterson, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Julio Quintero, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Kevin Gibbs, San Carlos, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An interconnect for an internal device, such as a speaker, coupling power from a flexible connector to the speaker at two or more terminals. The interconnect includes a flexible element, such as a 'minus' terminal, and a second element, such as a 'plus' terminal, which are coupled to corresponding terminals on the flexible connector. A screw can be threaded through a hole in the flexible element, the corresponding terminals, and can be terminated at the second element. The screw presses the “minus” terminal and the “plus” terminal into their corresponding terminals, making an electrical connection and a physical connection.