Connector assembly for an electronic device

• US 10,345,865 B2
• Filed: 01/25/2017
• Issued: 07/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Sharma, Sameer, Satzger, Douglas, Amit, Gadi, Hoshino, Yoshikazu, Harber, Chadwick, Clifton, Daniel, Houdek, II, Philip J., Moiseyenko, Stanislav, Jauvtis, Nathan Isaiah
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu, Jerry
• Application Number:
  US15/414,862
• Publication Number:
  US 20170131740A1
• Time in Patent Office: 895 Days
• Field of Search: 361762
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 11/0081 for transmitting energy, e.g. electrical cable routing
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 7/00 Hinges or pivots of special construction used for special suspension arrangements E05D15/00; so as to be self-closing E05F1/06, E05F1/12; with means for raising wings before being turned E05F7/02
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2999/00 Subject-matter not otherwise provided for in this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1633 Constructional details or arrangements of portable computers not specific to the type of enclosures covered by groups G06F1/1615 - G06F1/1626
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1662 Details related to the integrated keyboard
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1669 Detachable keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1679 for locking or maintaining the movable parts of the enclosure in a fixed position, e.g. latching mechanism at the edge of the display in a laptop or for the screen protective cover of a PDA G06F1/1681 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1681 Details related solely to hinges hinge details related to the transmission of signals or power are classified in G06F1/1683
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1683 for the transmission of signal or power between the different housings, e.g. details of wired or wireless communication, passage of cabling
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/189 Power distribution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2107/00 Four or more poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/58 Contacts spaced along longitudinal axis of engagement
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 43/16 for manufacturing contact members, e.g. by punching and by bending

Abstract

Particular examples described herein provide for an electronic device, such as a notebook computer or laptop, which includes a circuit board coupled to a plurality of electronic components (which includes any type of hardware, elements, circuitry, etc.). The electronic device may also include a connector assembly that is positioned within at least a portion of a recess of the electronic device, where the connector assembly includes: a first assembly that is to receive a connector; and a second assembly that is to receive an identification module that is to provide an association between a user and the electronic device.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a computing device base used to convert a tablet into a laptop-type computing device, the computing device base includes a scoop, wherein the scoop comprises a concave partially cylindrical section substantially extending along the length of one side of the computing device base suitable for receiving a barrel portion extending along a side edge of a computing device, wherein the computing device base includes a computer keyboard and at least a first concave metallic partial band integrated within the scoop, the first concave metallic partial band comprising a rib segment; and

, at least a first wiping contact on a first side of the rib segment, wherein the wiping contact is capable of receiving a power signal.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the barrel portion is comprised by a computing device and comprises a similar diameter and length as the scoop.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the rib segment protrudes out from the surface of the first concave metallic partial band.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the first concave metallic partial band is at least partially magnetic.

5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the rib segment further comprises at least a first tooth protruding out of the rib segment.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the first tooth protruding out of a location at the center of the rib segment.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the wiping contact is electrically isolated from a remaining portion of the rib segment.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the computing device comprises a casing to be capable of a rotational motion around an axis of the barrel portion when the barrel portion is located in the scoop.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the computing device comprises a casing which includes a flat portion to house a display.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the keyboard is disposed on a first side of the computing device base, the first side including the scoop.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the scoop causes the keyboard to tilt in relationship to a flat surface in response to the computing device base being placed on the flat surface with the keyboard facing up.