US 12,239,446 B2
Female snap connector as well as associated devices and methods
Kimmo Pernu, Vantaa (FI)
Assigned to Suunto Oy, Vantaa (FI)
Filed by Suunto Oy, Vantaa (FI)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/537,691.
Claims priority of application No. 20206359 (FI), filed on Dec. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0192571 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/274 (2021.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/256 (2021.01); A61B 5/265 (2021.01); A61B 5/268 (2021.01)
CPC A61B 5/274 (2021.01) [A61B 5/02438 (2013.01); A61B 5/256 (2021.01); A61B 5/265 (2021.01); A61B 5/268 (2021.01); A61B 2562/125 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A female snap connector comprising:
a base;
a cap opposing the base for forming a depth for the female snap connector, and
a socket formed into the cap for receiving a stud of a co-operational male snap connector, which socket is configured to undergo elastic deformation so as to comply to the passage of the complementary shape of the stud within the socket during insertion and removal of the stud in the depth dimension of the female snap connector,
an external side for interaction with the male snap connector, and
an internal side opposing the external side,
wherein base material of the female snap connector is or comprises a conductive elastomer,
wherein the socket comprises: a relieved entrance surface provided to the cap on the external side, a pinch connected to the entrance surface, an opening, the narrowest part of which being defined by the pinch, and a rim on the internal side surrounding the opening, and the female snap connector comprises a peripheral recess between the rim and the base for increasing the flexibility of the socket.