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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9854343 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2016

Headset connector

Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

M. Evans Hankey, San Francisco, CA (US);

Emery A. Sanford, San Francisco, CA (US);

Christopher D. Prest, San Francisco, CA (US);

Way Chet Lim, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Primary Examiner:

Sunita Joshi

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); B21C 23/18 (2006.01); H01R 13/62 (2006.01); B29C 47/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H04R 5/033 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/05 (2006.01); H04M 1/60 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1025 (2013.01); B21C 23/18 (2013.01); B29C 47/0023 (2013.01); H01R 13/6205 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02); H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); H04R 5/033 (2013.01); H04R 29/008 (2013.01); B29C 47/0038 (2013.01); H02J 7/0029 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); H04M 1/05 (2013.01); H04M 1/6058 (2013.01); H04R 2201/107 (2013.01); H04R 2225/33 (2013.01); H04R 2225/51 (2013.01); H04R 2420/09 (2013.01); Y10T 307/414 (2015.04); Y10T 307/826 (2015.04);
Abstract

Headset assemblies and headset connectors are provided. Headset connectors can include a magnetic mating face and a plurality of electrical contacts disposed within the mating face. Engaging assemblies and engaging connectors are also provided. The engaging connectors can include a housing having a mating side, a magnetic array structure, and a plurality of spring biased contact members. The magnetic array structure can be fixed within the housing and house a plurality of spring biased contact members. The spring biased contact members can include tips that extend out of the mating side. The tips can electrically couple with electrical contacts in a headset connector.

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