US 11,943,863 B2
Electronics-to-textile interconnection method and system
Michelle Zheng, Toronto (CA); Adrian Philip Straka, Toronto (CA); Calvin Fook-Lam Kwok, Toronto (CA); Christopher Robin Leiphart, Toronto (CA); and Yeh-Yun Tiau, Toronto (CA)
Appl. No. 17/620,507
Filed by MYANT INC., Toronto (CA)
PCT Filed Jun. 25, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CA2020/050882
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/257933, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/868,560, filed on Jun. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0346227 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 1/03 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 3/36 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 1/038 (2013.01) [A61B 5/6804 (2013.01); H05K 3/361 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10393 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A docking assembly for an electronic textile system, the docking assembly comprising: a docking base including a first electrical interface for mating with a second electrical interface of a controller device receivable by the docking assembly; and an engagement device adjustably positioned within the docking base in a receive position, the engagement device including a first magnet for interacting with a second magnet of the controller device to align the first electrical interface with the second electrical interface for establishing an electrical connection, and wherein the first magnet repels the second magnet for separating the first electrical interface from the second electrical interface upon movement of the engagement device away from the receive position within the docking base, and wherein the engagement device includes a deformable latch plate mechanically engaging a plug protrusion of the controller device receivable by the docking assembly to align the first electrical interface with the second electrical interface.