US 12,431,650 B2
Decoupled spring and electrical path in connector interface
Adam H. Herzog, Los Altos, CA (US); Mahmoud R. Amini, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Mohammed Nasser Khamis Al Jashmi, Sunnyvale, CA (US); George Tziviskos, San Jose, CA (US); Nikhil S. Pansare, Cupertino, CA (US); William P. Cornelius, Los Gatos, CA (US); and Seungyong Baek, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/951,888.
Application 17/951,888 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/180,841, filed on Feb. 21, 2021, granted, now 11,677,174.
Application 17/180,841 is a continuation of application No. 16/581,101, filed on Sep. 24, 2019, granted, now 10,931,048, issued on Feb. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/735,391, filed on Sep. 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0020954 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/11 (2006.01); H01R 12/59 (2011.01); H01R 13/62 (2006.01); H01R 13/6581 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/113 (2013.01) [H01R 12/592 (2013.01); H01R 13/6205 (2013.01); H01R 13/6581 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector comprising:
a flexible circuit board;
a first plurality of contacts, each having a surface-mount contacting portion soldered to a pad on a top side of the flexible circuit board, the first plurality of contacts including a first liquid-detect contact;
a top housing portion supporting the first plurality of contacts;
a second plurality of contacts, each having a surface-mount contacting portion soldered to a pad on a bottom side of the flexible circuit board, the second plurality of contacts including a second liquid-detect contact; and
a bottom housing portion supporting the second plurality of contacts.