Patent ID: 9627803
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G06F,H01R,H04M

Claim:
1. A connector for an electronic device, comprising: a housing having a peripheral surface; first and second guides defining first and second paths, respectively, within said housing; a magnetic contact assembly received in said housing, said contact assembly magnetically movable along said first path between a first, extended position for joining said connector with a connector of an adjacent device, and a second position withdrawn from said peripheral surface; a magnet received in said housing, and movable by attraction to said connector of said adjacent device along said second path, from a retracted position to an extended position closer to said peripheral surface and farther from said first path for magnetically holding said electronic device to said adjacent device; said second guide configured so that said magnet and said magnetic contact assembly magnetically bias one another along said paths to said retracted position and said second position, respectively.