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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2016
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Robert Scritzky, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John Raff, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Cuneyt Bakan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Eric T. SooHoo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Erik A. Uttermann, San Francisco, CA (US);
Patrick J. Quinn, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Connector receptacles, examples of which comprise a housing having a first plurality of slots in a top side and a second plurality of slots in a bottom side, a top row of contacts positioned in the first plurality of slots in the housing, a bottom row of contacts positioned in the second plurality of slots in the housing, a top shell portion over the top of the housing, the top shell portion comprising first and second electromagnetic contacts extending from a front of the top shell and passing through openings in the top side of the housing, and a bottom shell portion under the bottom of the housing, the bottom shell portion comprising third and fourth electromagnetic contacts extending from a front of the bottom shell and passing through openings in the bottom side of the housing.