Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Universal serial bus plug and receptacle coupling arrangements
- Patent Title (中): 通用串行总线插头和插座耦合布置
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Application No.: US12652637Application Date: 2010-01-05
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Publication No.: US07878840B2Publication Date: 2011-02-01
- Inventor: Evans Hankey , Rico Zorkendorfer , John Benjamin Filson , Douglas Joseph Weber , Stephen Zadesky
- Applicant: Evans Hankey , Rico Zorkendorfer , John Benjamin Filson , Douglas Joseph Weber , Stephen Zadesky
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP
- Main IPC: H01R13/625
- IPC: H01R13/625 ; H01R4/50

Abstract:
A Universal Serial Bus socket-equipped arrangement (USB-SEA) configured for mating with a Universal Serial Bus (USB) plug having a plug metal housing and an aperture disposed in the plug metal housing. The arrangement includes a plug-receiving cavity configured to receive the USB plug. The arrangement further includes a spring-loaded mechanism disposed within the plug-receiving cavity. The spring-loaded mechanism is biased toward an interior region of the plug-receiving cavity. The spring-loaded mechanism is also configured to slide along the connector metal housing of the USB plug when the USB plug is inserted into the plug-receiving cavity and to movably mate with the aperture disposed in the plug metal housing when the USB plug is in a terminal mating position with the USB socket assembly. The spring-loaded mechanism represents one of a spring-loaded ball and a spring-loaded pin.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100167574A1 UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS PLUG AND RECEPTACLE COUPLING ARRANGEMENTS Public/Granted day:2010-07-01
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