US 11,791,589 B2
Modular electronic building systems and methods of using the same
Aya Bdeir, New York, NY (US); Geoffrey Lipman, Brooklyn, NY (US); Jordi Borras, Brooklyn, NY (US); Antonio Hernandez, New York, NY (US); and Paul Rothman, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Assigned to Sphero, Inc., Boulder, CO (US)
Filed by Sphero, Inc., Boulder, CO (US)
Filed on Dec. 18, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/223,567.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/733,306, filed on Sep. 19, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/607,145, filed on Dec. 18, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0190196 A1, Jun. 20, 2019
Int. Cl. H01R 13/62 (2006.01); H01R 11/30 (2006.01); A63H 33/04 (2006.01); H01R 12/71 (2011.01); H01R 12/72 (2011.01); A63H 33/08 (2006.01); H01R 13/24 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6205 (2013.01) [A63H 33/042 (2013.01); A63H 33/046 (2013.01); A63H 33/08 (2013.01); H01R 11/30 (2013.01); H01R 12/718 (2013.01); H01R 12/724 (2013.01); H01R 12/714 (2013.01); H01R 13/2442 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a first connector portion including a first housing portion having a top surface and a bottom surface opposite the top surface of the first connector portion, the first connector portion comprising at least a first mounting portion extending from a top portion of the first connector portion and at least a second mounting portion extending from a bottom portion of the first connector portion;
a second connector portion including a second housing portion having a top surface and a bottom surface opposite the top surface of the second connector portion, the second housing portion having a form factor that substantially corresponds to a form factor of the first housing portion, the second connector portion comprising at least a third mounting portion extending from a top portion of the second housing portion and at least a fourth mounting portion extending from a bottom portion of the second housing portion;
a circuit board having a top surface and a bottom surface opposite the top surface of the circuit board, the circuit board permanently coupled to the first housing portion of the first connector portion and permanently coupled to the second housing of the second connector portion such that a first portion of the bottom surface of the circuit board contacts at least a portion of the top surface of the first housing portion of the first connector portion and such that a second portion of the bottom surface of the circuit board contacts at least a portion of the top surface of the second housing portion of the second connector portion; and
a contact assembly coupled to the first housing portion of the first connector portion.