US 12,015,226 B2
Pogo pin connector
Stephen Scruggs, Newport Beach, CA (US); Ammar Al-Ali, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US); John Schmidt, Lake Forest, CA (US); Yassir Kamel Abdul-Hafiz, Irvine, CA (US); Benjamin C. Triman, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US); and William Jack MacNeish, Newport Beach, CA (US)
Assigned to Masimo Corporation, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by MASIMO CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/874,071.
Application 17/874,071 is a continuation of application No. 16/998,265, filed on Aug. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,437,768.
Application 16/998,265 is a continuation of application No. 16/236,069, filed on Dec. 28, 2018, granted, now 10,784,634, issued on Sep. 22, 2020.
Application 16/236,069 is a continuation of application No. 15/017,349, filed on Feb. 5, 2016, granted, now 10,205,291, issued on Feb. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/152,733, filed on Apr. 24, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/113,054, filed on Feb. 6, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0017784 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 24/62 (2011.01); H01R 13/24 (2006.01); H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H01R 13/64 (2006.01); H01R 13/641 (2006.01); H01R 13/648 (2006.01); H01R 13/652 (2006.01); A61B 5/021 (2006.01); A61B 5/1455 (2006.01); H01R 12/71 (2011.01); H01R 12/72 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 24/62 (2013.01) [H01R 13/2407 (2013.01); H01R 13/2421 (2013.01); H01R 13/6271 (2013.01); H01R 13/6272 (2013.01); H01R 13/64 (2013.01); H01R 13/641 (2013.01); H01R 13/6485 (2013.01); H01R 13/652 (2013.01); A61B 5/021 (2013.01); A61B 5/1455 (2013.01); A61B 2562/227 (2013.01); H01R 12/714 (2013.01); H01R 12/721 (2013.01); H01R 2201/12 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor assembly comprising:
a body portion; and
a proximal end connected to the body portion and configured to be removably inserted into an opening of a corresponding female connector, the proximal end comprising a top side and a bottom side,
wherein the top side comprises a plurality of electrical contacts, a first protrusion, and a second protrusion, the first protrusion being on an opposite side of the top side from the second protrusion,
wherein the bottom side comprises a key structure configured to fit into a lock structure of the corresponding female connector; and
wherein the body portion is positioned outside of the corresponding female connector.