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Connectors providing HAPTIC feedback

  • US 8,794,980 B2
  • Filed: 12/13/2012
  • Issued: 08/05/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A first connector comprising:

  • a housing defining a first connector face configured to be positioned in at least one of a first position and a second position proximate to a second connector face of a second connector;

    a first extremely high frequency (EHF) communication unit disposed in the housing relative to the first connector face for communicating with a second EHF communication unit of the second connector when the first connector face is positioned in at least one of the first position and the second position relative to the second connector face; and

    a first magnet disposed in the housing relative to the first connector face, the first magnet configured to align with and repel a second magnet disposed relative to the second connector face when the first connector face is positioned in the second position relative to the second connector face, and the first magnet is configured not to align with and not to repel the second magnet when the first connector face is positioned in the first position relative to the second connector face.

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