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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Timex Group Usa, Inc., Middlebury, CT (US);
Inventor:
David Quinlan, Plantsville, CT (US);
Assignee:
Timex Group USA, Inc., Middlebury, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 29/00 (2006.01); H01R 24/64 (2011.01); H01R 4/58 (2006.01); H01R 13/42 (2006.01); H01R 107/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 24/64 (2013.01); H01R 4/58 (2013.01); H01R 13/42 (2013.01); H01R 2107/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mating connector construction that achieves a slimmer and smaller profile when mating with a conventional USB connector. A slimmer and smaller profile provides substantial advantages and additional uses of a USB connection, for example, with transmitting signals between a watch casing and a watchstrap, as but one example thereof. In a preferred embodiment, the USB connector is a micro USB connector.