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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
May. 19, 2015
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Yazan Aldehayyat, Seattle, WA (US);
Wei Guo, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ivan Andrew McCracken, Sammamish, WA (US);
Duane Martin Evans, Snohomish, WA (US);
Kanth Nalini Kurumaddali, Bellevue, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An electronic connector includes a base, and one or more tapered extensions protruding from the base. Each tapered extension includes a nose forming a terminal end of that tapered extension. Each tapered extension further includes first and second connection faces that form respective opposing sides of that tapered extension, and that taper toward each other from the base to the nose. Each tapered extension further includes first and second flank surfaces that form respective opposing sides of that tapered extension, and that taper toward each other from the base to the nose between the first and second connection faces. Each tapered extension further includes a first forward set of plural electrical contacts and a first rearward electrical contact located along the first connection face. Each tapered extension further includes a second forward set of plural electrical contacts and a second rearward electrical contact located along the second connection face.