US 11,942,722 B2
Magnetic circuit for magnetic connector
John C. DiFonzo, Emerald Hills, CA (US); Bradley J. Hamel, Redwood City, CA (US); George Tziviskos, San Jose, CA (US); Hao Zhu, San Jose, CA (US); Jean-Marc Gery, Playa Del Rey, CA (US); and Paul J. Hack, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/543,487.
Application 17/543,487 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/033,514, filed on Sep. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,437,747.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/259,910, filed on Sep. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0102911 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01R 13/62 (2006.01); H01R 13/24 (2006.01); H01R 13/629 (2006.01); H01R 13/6581 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/6205 (2013.01) [H01R 13/2421 (2013.01); H01R 13/629 (2013.01); H01R 13/6581 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A spring-loaded contact comprising:
a barrel having a front opening;
a plunger having a tip extending through the front opening and a body housed in the barrel;
a spring housed in the barrel; and
an intermediate object between a backside of the plunger and the spring, where the intermediate object simultaneously contacts an inside surface of the barrel at a first location and a second location, the first location and the second location on opposite sides of the intermediate object, and
wherein the first location is a first distance from the front opening and the second location is a second distance from the front opening, the first distance different than the second distance.