Patent ID: 7738260
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: H01R,H04M

Abstract:
1. A grounding connector for an electronic device having a first housing and a second housing, the electronic device transitioning between a collapsed orientation and an articulated orientation through one of slidable and rotatable motion of the first housing element relative to the second housing element, the grounding connector comprising: a ground clip having a cam surface on one of a first and second housing elements, positioned in proximity to the second region of the ground clip; and a follower slidably positionable on the other of a first and second housing element to which the cam surface is attached, the follower having a first end that engages the cam surface and a second end that engages the second region of the ground clip, wherein, the ground clip is electrically coupled to a second housing element while the electronic device is in each of the collapsed orientation and the articulated orientation, and wherein the cam surface is structurally configured so that upon movement between the collapsed orientation and the articulated orientation, the cam surface directs the second end of the follower to engage the second region of the ground clip and to electrically decouple the ground clip from a second housing element.