A magnetic electrical connector is provided which has particular application to use in vehicles or aircraft to prevent damage due to passenger movement. The connector includes a socket having a housing with a front face, a plurality of conductor contact regions provided on the front face, and a magnet provided in the housing to physically retain a plug in connection with the socket in use.

Claims

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13 granted claims

›1.independentAn electrical connector socket for connecting with a plurality of different plugs, each plug having a front face and a plurality of pins biased out of…+12

›2.↳ 1An electrical connector socket as in claim 1 wherein the pressure on the face of the group of conductor regions is arranged to be caused by spring pre…d2

›3.↳ 1An electrical connector socket as in claim 1 wherein the centre line is a line of symmetry.d2

›4.↳ 1An electrical connector socket as in claim 1 wherein the centre line is vertical.d2

›5.↳ 1An electrical connector socket as in claim 1 wherein the moment around the centre line is substantially balanced by considering the number of connecti…d2

›6.↳ 1An electrical connector socket as in claim 1 wherein the conductor regions are provided in a two-dimensional array.d2

›7.↳ 1An electrical connector socket as in as in claim 1 wherein the most commonly used functionalities are provided by core contact regions, the core conta…d2+2

›10.↳ 1An electrical connector socket as in claim 1 where the most commonly used functionalities are located at positions where the resultant magnetic pullin…d2

›11.↳ 1An electrical connector socket as in claim 1 where the plurality of predefined electronic pin-outs comprises pin-outs for conventional stereo headsets…d2

›12.↳ 1An electrical connector plug and socket combination comprising:nan electrical connector socket as claimed in claim 1 and an electrical connector plug …d2

›13.↳ 1An electrical connector socket as in claim 1 where the front face is on the outside of the socket.d2

Classifications

3 codes

IPC · International Patent Classification

Section H — Electricity

H01R13/24
H01R13/62
H01R27/00

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2.3 y

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non-final + final

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Examiner

Gary Paumen

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2 priority documents

Priority

19 Mar 2012

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Type	Document	Date
provisional	US 61612970	19 Mar 2012
related publication	US 20130303001 A1	14 Nov 2013

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