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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 9964326 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2014

Electrostatic discharge connector and method for an electronic device

Applicant:

Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Tarik Khoury, Brno, CZ;

Steven J. McPherson, Richfield, MN (US);

Petr Adamik, Jihlava, CZ;

Jiri Sapak, Brno, CZ;

Assignee:

Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);

Attorney:

Seager, Tufte & Wickhem, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Thienvu Tran

Assistant Examiner:

Christopher Clark

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 11/00 (2006.01); H02H 9/04 (2006.01); H05F 3/00 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 3/32 (2006.01); G05D 23/32 (2006.01); G01K 7/42 (2006.01); H05K 1/11 (2006.01); H01R 4/34 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01); H02H 9/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 13/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); H05K 9/00 (2006.01); H02G 3/14 (2006.01); G05D 23/19 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 11/0086 (2013.01); G01K 7/42 (2013.01); G02F 1/133308 (2013.01); G05D 23/32 (2013.01); H01R 4/34 (2013.01); H02G 3/14 (2013.01); H02H 9/005 (2013.01); H02H 9/04 (2013.01); H05F 3/00 (2013.01); H05K 1/0254 (2013.01); H05K 1/111 (2013.01); H05K 3/32 (2013.01); H05K 5/0017 (2013.01); H05K 7/1422 (2013.01); H05K 7/1427 (2013.01); H05K 9/0037 (2013.01); H05K 9/0054 (2013.01); H05K 13/00 (2013.01); H05K 13/0015 (2013.01); F24F 2011/0091 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133314 (2013.01); G05D 23/1904 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49002 (2015.01); Y10T 29/4913 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49124 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract

An illustrative electronic assembly having an electrical connector therein to ground an electronic component of the electronic assembly to a grounding feature of a printed wiring assembly (PWA) of the electronic assembly. The electronic assembly may include a housing, the PWA, the electronic component and the electrical connector. The electrical connector may be a conductive and resilient extender or connector that may have a first portion connected to the PWA and a second portion extending generally away from the PWA toward the electronic component. The second portion of the electrical connector may be in mechanical and electrical contact with the electronic component.

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