Title:
CONNECTOR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/208563
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A connector for electrically connecting a portable electronic device to an accessory is provided. The connector comprises a first part (1) which operatively cooperates with a second part. The first part (1) has a first guide formation (9) and a first electrical contact (5) having a common center. The first guide formation (9) guides connection and rotation of the electrical contact (5) with and relative to a second electrical contact of a second part. The first electrical contact (5) includes at least two contact pads (17) arranged as concentric annuluses or annular arcs and sized and spaced so as to engage respective contact points of a second electrical contact of a second part. The first part (1) includes ferromagnetic elements (13) uniformly spaced about the common center at an equal radial distance therefrom. The ferromagnetic elements (13) are provided for attraction of or by a corresponding second set of ferromagnetic elements of a second part of the connector.
Inventors:
PARKIN NORMAN FREDERICK (ZA)
Application Number:
PCT/IB2020/053381
Publication Date:
December 24, 2020
Filing Date:
April 09, 2020
Export Citation:
Assignee:
PARKIN NORMAN FREDERICK (ZA)
International Classes:
H01R13/62
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2007090069A2 | 2007-08-09 |
Foreign References:
| EP2533374A1 | 2012-12-12 | |||
| CN207611920U | 2018-07-13 | |||
| EP2207241A2 | 2010-07-14 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
VON SEIDELS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ATTORNEYS (ZA)
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