US 11,749,924 B2
Electrical connector for a medical patch sensor
Shelby Bartley, Simpsonville, SC (US); Jeffrey Cain, Greenville, SC (US); and Joseph M. Hock, Surfside Beach, SC (US)
Assigned to KYOCERA AVX Components Corporation, Fountain Inn, SC (US)
Filed by AVX Corporation, Fountain Inn, SC (US)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/356,639.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/049,146, filed on Jul. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0013943 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 12/00 (2006.01); H01R 12/88 (2011.01); H01R 12/81 (2011.01); H01R 12/77 (2011.01); H01R 43/26 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); H01R 12/70 (2011.01); H01R 13/635 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 12/88 (2013.01) [A61B 5/6833 (2013.01); H01R 12/774 (2013.01); H01R 12/81 (2013.01); H01R 43/26 (2013.01); A61B 2562/227 (2013.01); H01R 12/7023 (2013.01); H01R 13/635 (2013.01); H01R 2201/12 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical sensor patch connector assembly comprising:
a medical patch having a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and a hole connecting the first side and the second side; and
a connector comprising:
a first clamping member having a first contact surface in contact with the first side of the medical patch and a tab protruding through the hole in the medical patch; and
a second clamping member having a second contact surface in contact with the second side of the medical patch,
wherein at least one of the first contact surface or the second contact surface of the connector comprises a conductive layer that is in contact with the medical patch.