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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2012
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Derek W. Wright, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alex Yeung, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steve McClure, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sean S. Corbin, San Jose, CA (US);
John B. Ardisana, II, San Francisco, CA (US);
Benjamin J. Pope, San Francisco, CA (US);
Shayan Malek, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/648 (2006.01); H05K 3/36 (2006.01); H01R 13/6582 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 3/368 (2013.01); H01R 13/6582 (2013.01);
Abstract
An improved electrical connector retainer employs a shell having a cavity. A pair of mated electrical connectors are received within the cavity and at least a portion of an upper wall of the shell is deflected towards a lower wall of the shell. The shell is configured to retain the upper wall in the deflected position, maintaining the pair of connectors in the mated position.