Patent ID: 9019718
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector, comprising: a housing including a side surface; an electrical conductor supported by the housing and including an engagement portion proximate the side surface of the housing, the engagement portion being adapted to engage an electrical conductor of a second electrical connector; a magnet supported by the housing proximate the side surface of the housing, the magnet adapted to engage another magnet of the second electrical connector; a projection extending from the side surface of the housing; and a receptacle defined in the side surface of the housing, the projection being adapted to insert into a second receptacle defined in the second electrical connector and the receptacle being adapted to receive a second projection on the second electrical connector, the projection and the receptacle being shaped to inhibit substantial movement of the electrical connector and the second electrical connector relative to each other in at least one direction when the second projection is in the receptacle and the projection is in the second receptacle.