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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.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
May. 18, 2016
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Corey N. Axelowitz, San Francisco, CA (US);
William A. Tashman, San Francisco, CA (US);
James Y. Yap, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 12/00 (2006.01); H01R 12/79 (2011.01); H01R 12/72 (2011.01); H01R 43/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 12/79 (2013.01); H01R 12/721 (2013.01); H01R 43/0256 (2013.01);
Abstract
The described embodiments relate generally to methods and apparatus for securely and efficiently joining components together. In some embodiments, a flexible printed circuit board and a rigid printed circuit board can be electrically coupled together by soldering electrical contacts distributed on the flexible printed circuit board to electrical contacts distributed on the rigid printed circuit board. The electrical contacts can be arranged and sized as desired to provide a desired amount of data and power transfer bandwidth.