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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2016
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Anton Talalayev, San Jose, CA (US);
George Tziviskos, San Jose, CA (US);
Kevin M. Robinson, Cupertino, CA (US);
Daniel A. Bergvall, San Jose, CA (US);
Edward J. Cooper, Campbell, CA (US);
Brett W. Degner, Menlo Park, CA (US);
David H. Narajowski, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Ari Miller, San Francisco, CA (US);
Houtan R. Farahani, San Ramon, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Ground springs for connector receptacles. The ground springs may protect circuitry in an electronic device from stray voltages when a connector insert is inserted into a connector receptacle housed in the electronic device. One example may have a contacting portion located such that when a connector insert is mated with the connector receptacle, the contacting portion of the ground spring electrically connects to a shield of the connector insert before a ground contact of the connector insert electrically connects to a signal contact on a tongue of the connector receptacle.