Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Combined power and data connector system
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Application No.: US15712743Application Date: 2017-09-22
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Publication No.: US10276950B1Publication Date: 2019-04-30
- Inventor: Mahmoud R. Amini , Peter J. Cameron , Venus Kumar , Neven Pischl , Abhilash Rajagopal
- Applicant: Mahmoud R. Amini , Peter J. Cameron , Venus Kumar , Neven Pischl , Abhilash Rajagopal
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Young Basile Hanlon & MacFarlane, P.C.
- Main IPC: H01R13/648
- IPC: H01R13/648 ; H01R9/05 ; H01R13/52 ; H01R13/658

Abstract:
A connector system for transferring electricity and data. The connector system includes a receptacle and a plug. The receptacle includes a shield, a power contact, a ground contact, and a data contact. The shield includes power apertures through which power conductor segments of the power contact extend, ground apertures through which ground conductor segments of the ground contact extend, and a data aperture through which a shield member and a data conductor of the data contact extend. The plug includes another power contact connected to a power wire, another ground contact connected to a ground wire, and another data contact. The plug is receivable by the receptacle to electrically connect the power wire conductor to the power conductor segments of the receptacle, to electrically connect the ground wire conductor to the ground conductor segments of the receptacle, and to electrically connect the data contact to the other data contact, respectively.
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