External contact plug connector

US8882524B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• Albert J. Golko · Saratoga, US
• Arthur S. Brigham · Sunnyvale, US
• Anwyl M. McDonald · Palo Alto, US
• Daniel Zisuk Lee · Queensbury, US
• Troy A. Carter · Sunnyvale, US
• Jose Antonio Marin · San Jose, US
• Paul Koh · New York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 21, 2011
• Grant date: Nov 11, 2014
• Expiry date: Aug 7, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05K1/117
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A dual orientation plug 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 may include 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 may be symmetrically spaced with the second plurality of contacts and the connector tab may be 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. A receptacle connector corresponding to the plug connector.