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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2015
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Trent K. Do, Milpitas, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Contact structures for devices, where contacts in the contact structures provide a proper normal force while consuming a minimal amount of surface area, depth, and volume in a device and where the contact structures prevent or limit the ingress of fluid or debris into the device. On example may provide a contact structure having a frame. The frame may be arranged to be placed in an opening in a device enclosure for an electronic device or the frame may be part of the electronic device. The frame may include a number of passages, each passage for a contact of the contact structure. Each contact may be held to the frame by a pliable membrane. Each contact may connect to a board in the electronic device via a compliant conductive path.