Patent ID: 7637747
Filing Date: 2009-12-29
Classification: A61B,H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector mechanism, comprising: a first connector part coupled electrically and mechanically to a first electronic component, the first connector part including a first electrically conductive layer and a first magnetic layer; and a second connector part coupled electrically and mechanically to a second electronic component, the second connector part including a second electrically conductive layer and a second magnetic layer, the first and the second magnetic layers being configured to provide a mechanical coupling between the first connector part and the second connector part based on the mutual magnetic attraction between the first and the second magnetic layers, and the first and the second electrically conductive layers being configured to provide an electrical connection between the first and the second connector parts based on said mutual magnetic attraction, thereby connecting the first electronic component and the second electronic component electrically and mechanically, wherein the first electronic component is a physiological sensor of a performance measuring system for detecting a physiological signal in the user's body, the second electronic component is a heart rate transmitter of the performance measuring system, wherein the heart rate transmitter is configured to establish a wireless link for transmitting information, wherein the first electrically conductive later is configured to transfer the physiological signal from the physiological sensor to the second electrically conductive layer and the second electrically conductive layer is configured to transfer the physiological signal to the heart rate transmitter; or wherein the first electronic component is a heart rate transmitter of a performance measuring system, wherein the heart rate transmitter is configured to establish a wireless link for transmitting information, wherein the second electronic component is a physiological sensor of a performance measuring system for detecting the physiological signal in the user's body, wherein the second electrically conductive layer is configured to transfer the physiological signal from the physiological sensor to the first electrically conductive layer and the first electrically conductive layer is configured to transfer the physiological signal to the heart rate transmitter.