US 11,791,591 B2
Magnetic plug
Chee Kiong Fong, Saratoga, CA (US); Sujuan Tang, Zhuhai (CN); Leonardo Gilbert Del Castillo, Woodinville, WA (US); Richard F. Johnson, Redmond, WA (US); Edward C. Giaimo, III, Bellevue, WA (US); Thomas K. Mehrkens, Bellevue, WA (US); Kurt David Wrisley, Edmonds, WA (US); Christopher Alan Schafer, Redmond, WA (US); Akash Atul Shah, Boston, MA (US); and Mohammed Nadir Haq, Brier, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Appl. No. 17/309,245
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 6, 2018, PCT No. PCT/CN2018/119504
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 11, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/113508, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0399466 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. H01R 13/62 (2006.01); H01R 13/453 (2006.01); H01R 43/26 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6205 (2013.01) [H01R 13/4538 (2013.01); H01R 43/26 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A magnetic plug assembly, comprising:
a moveable member comprising an aperture and one or more magnets;
a plug tip extending through the aperture, the plug tip comprising a plurality of electronic contacts on a printed circuit board; and
one or more biasing elements urging the moveable member and the one or more magnets toward a distal end of the plug tip, wherein the moveable member is moveable relative to the plug tip.