US 11,894,640 B2
Pogo pin connector
Stephen Scruggs, Newport Beach, CA (US); Ammar Al-Ali, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US); John Schmidt, Lake Forest, CA (US); Yassir Kamel Abdul-Hafiz, Irvine, CA (US); Benjamin C. Triman, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US); and William Jack MacNeish, III, Newport Beach, CA (US)
Assigned to MASIMO CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by MASIMO CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/335,881.
Application 18/335,881 is a continuation of application No. 17/874,071, filed on Jul. 26, 2022.
Application 17/874,071 is a continuation of application No. 16/998,265, filed on Aug. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,437,768, issued on Sep. 6, 2022.
Application 16/998,265 is a continuation of application No. 16/236,069, filed on Dec. 28, 2018, granted, now 10,784,634, issued on Sep. 22, 2020.
Application 16/236,069 is a continuation of application No. 15/017,349, filed on Feb. 5, 2016, granted, now 10,205,291, issued on Feb. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/152,733, filed on Apr. 24, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/113,054, filed on Feb. 6, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0327383 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H01R 24/62 (2011.01); H01R 13/24 (2006.01); H01R 13/648 (2006.01); H01R 13/64 (2006.01); H01R 13/641 (2006.01); H01R 13/652 (2006.01); H01R 12/71 (2011.01); H01R 12/72 (2011.01); A61B 5/021 (2006.01); A61B 5/1455 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 24/62 (2013.01) [H01R 13/2407 (2013.01); H01R 13/2421 (2013.01); H01R 13/6271 (2013.01); H01R 13/6272 (2013.01); H01R 13/64 (2013.01); H01R 13/641 (2013.01); H01R 13/6485 (2013.01); H01R 13/652 (2013.01); A61B 5/021 (2013.01); A61B 5/1455 (2013.01); A61B 2562/227 (2013.01); H01R 12/714 (2013.01); H01R 12/721 (2013.01); H01R 2201/12 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A male connector which physically connects to and electrically communicates with a corresponding female connector, the male connector comprising:
a flat board portion comprising at least a first side, the first side comprising a length extending between a proximal end and a distal end;
a plurality of electrical contacts arranged on the flat board portion on the first side in a staggered configuration, wherein at least one of the plurality of electrical contacts is a ground contact; and
wherein a first end of the ground contact is as at least as proximal on the flat board portion as a proximal-most electrical contact of the plurality of electrical contacts, and
wherein a second end of the ground contact is at least as distal on the flat board portion as a distal-most electrical contact of the plurality of electrical contacts.