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Connectors and methods of connecting devices with flexible sleeves

  • US 9,531,119 B2
  • Filed: 03/07/2016
  • Issued: 12/27/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2013
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An electronic device comprising:

  • a housing having walls defining an outer surface, said housing having a cavity proximate said outer surface;

    processing electronics enclosed in an interior of said housing;

    a magnet movably received in said cavity for magnetically holding an adjacent electronic device against said housing;

    a flexible sleeve comprising a plurality of contacts, with a first end extending from said cavity into said interior of said housing in communication with said processing electronics and a second end wrapped at least partly around said magnet;

    wherein said magnet is configured to be urged outwardly by magnetic attraction to an adjacent electronic device, thereby deforming said sleeve and moving said contacts of said sleeve to form connections with corresponding contacts of an adjacent electronic device.

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