Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical connector
- Patent Title (中): 光连接器
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Application No.: US14597995Application Date: 2015-01-15
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Publication No.: US09453976B2Publication Date: 2016-09-27
- Inventor: Amy Qian , Derek W. Wright , John Raff
- Applicant: APPLE INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: H04B10/00
- IPC: H04B10/00 ; G02B6/42 ; H04B10/80

Abstract:
An electronic device having an optical connector that provides and/or receives optical signals through openings or perforations formed at an external surface of the electronic device. These openings can serve as the interface of the optical connector through which the electronic device can engage in one-way or two-way communication with corresponding optical connectors of other electronic devices. These openings can be sized such that they are not visible or not easily visible with the naked human eye. As such, these openings can be too small for communicating with corresponding optical connectors using any single one of these openings. But light that is collectively transmitted through or received through a group of these openings can provide optical signals that can be used to communicate with corresponding optical connectors using optical signals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160091678A1 OPTICAL CONNECTOR Public/Granted day:2016-03-31
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