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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2014
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Los Altos, CA (US);
Anna-Katrina Shedletsky, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ian P. Colahan, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Daniele De Iuliis, San Francisco, CA (US);
Trent K. Do, Milpitas, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Split jack assemblies are constructed with a tubeless pin block. Elimination (or split) of the tube, or more particularly, a tube that is an integrally formed part of the pin block form the pin block allows for the use of a tubeless pin block design that results in a jack assembly having smaller overall dimensions than a conventional jack assembly constructed to accommodate a plug of the same dimensions. The tubeless pin block can be used in conjunction with a tube sleeve or with a curved surface of a housing for an electronic device, or both to provide a plug receptacle of the split jack assembly.