US 12,142,884 B2
Electronic device connection ports
Derek Kyle Joseph Kanas, Spring, TX (US); Tony Seokhwa Moon, Spring, TX (US); and Andrew Shane Elsey, Spring, TX (US)
Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/778,303
Filed by Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 21, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/062653
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 19, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/101553, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0021406 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 27/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/24 (2006.01); H01R 13/62 (2006.01); H01R 24/60 (2011.01); H01R 105/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 27/00 (2013.01) [H01R 13/24 (2013.01); H01R 13/6205 (2013.01); H01R 24/60 (2013.01); H01R 2105/00 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connection port for an electronic device, the connection port comprising:
a longitudinal axis;
a receptacle that extends axially with respect to the longitudinal axis;
a substrate disposed within the receptacle, the substrate comprising an end and a support surface that extends axially with respect to the longitudinal axis;
a plurality of first electrical contacts on the support surface; and
a plurality of second electrical contacts on the end, wherein each second electrical contact is electrically coupled to a corresponding one of the first electrical contacts.