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Electronic device with circuitry to detect the insertion orientation of a plug connector

US8535075B1 · kind B1 · utility

100Cited by

53References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

Albert J. Golko · Saratoga, US
Mathias Schmidt · San Francisco, US
Eric S. Jol · San Jose, US
Jahan Minoc · San Jose, US
Ian A. Spraggs · San Francisco, US
Cameron Frazier · Redwood City, US
Fletcher R. Rothkopf · Los Altos, US
Jonathan S. Aase · Redwood City, US
Wendell B. Sander · Los Gatos, US
Jeffrey J. Terlizzi · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 10, 2013
Grant date	Sep 17, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 10, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R2201/06
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A dual orientation connector having a connector tab with first and second major opposing sides and a plurality of electrical contacts carried by the connector tab. The plurality of contacts includes a first set of external contacts formed at the first major side and a second set of external contacts formed at the second major side. The first plurality of contacts are symmetrically spaced with the second plurality of contacts and the connector tab is shaped to have 180 degree symmetry so that it can be inserted and operatively coupled to a corresponding receptacle connector in either of two insertion orientations.

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