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Granted Patent B2
US 12,349,275 · App. 17/662,533 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Modular electronic building systems with magnetic interconnections and methods of using the same

Inventor: Aya Bdeir (New York, NY)
Assignee: SPHERO, INC.
H05K1/14A63H33/042A63H33/046A63H33/26G09B19/0053G09B23/186H01R9/2466H01R12/718H01R12/732H01R13/6205H05K1/0213H05K1/18
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Patent No.
US 12,349,275
App. No.
17/662,533
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Electrical connectors, electrical modules, and systems are provided. In one aspect, an electrical connector includes a housing defining 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 is adapted to engage another electrical conductor of another electrical connector. The connector also includes a magnet supported by the housing proximate the side surface of the housing, a projection extending from the side surface of the housing, and a receptacle defined in the side surface of the housing. In other aspects, an electrical module includes at least one of these electrical connectors. In further aspects, a system includes a plurality of these modules and the modules are selectively couplable together.

Claims (58)

1. An educational apparatus, comprising:

a first circuit board comprising an input interface and an output interface;

a first magnetic connector mounted to the first circuit board; and

a second magnetic connector mounted to the first circuit board such that an exterior end surface of the second magnetic connector is disposed substantially perpendicular to an exterior end surface of the first magnetic connector,

the first magnetic connector including at least one first conductor configured to engage a second conductor on a third magnetic connector coupled to a second circuit board, the second magnetic connector including at least one third conductor configured to engage a fourth conductor on a fourth magnetic connector coupled to a third circuit board.

2. The educational apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first magnetic connector includes a first mounting portion configured to be removably coupled to a mounting board and a second mounting portion configured to be removably coupled to the mounting board, the second magnetic connector includes a first mounting portion configured to be removably coupled to the mounting board and a second mounting portion configured to be removably coupled to the mounting board.

3. The educational apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a mounting board having a first side defining a plurality of openings and a second side including a plurality of projections, the first magnetic connector and the second magnetic connector each configured to be removably coupled to the first side of the mounting board, the second side of the mounting board configured to be removably coupled to at least one block having a projection and being from an interlocking block system.

4. The educational apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first magnetic connector has a first height and includes a first mounting portion and a second mounting portion each configured to be removably coupled to a mounting board, the apparatus further comprising:

a first adapter configured to be coupled to a bottom surface of the first mounting portion; and

a second adapter configured to be coupled to a bottom surface of the second mounting portion,

the first magnetic connector having a second height when the first adapter and the second adapter are coupled to the first magnetic connector, the second height being greater than the first height.

5. The educational apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second magnetic connector includes a first mounting portion and a second mounting portion, the apparatus further comprising:

the second circuit board;

the third magnetic connector mounted to the second circuit board, the third magnetic connector of the second circuit board including a first mounting portion and a second mounting portion;

the first mounting portion of the second magnetic connector configured to be removably coupled to a mounting board and the second mounting portion of the second magnetic connector configured to be removably coupled to the mounting board; and

the first mounting portion of the third magnetic connector mounted to the second circuit board configured to be removably coupled to a mounting board and the second mounting portion of the third magnetic connector configured to be removably coupled to the mounting board.

6. The educational apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one first conductor of the first magnetic connector has an engagement portion configured to engage the second conductor on the third magnetic connector of the second circuit board, and has a coupling portion monolithically formed with the engagement portion.

7. An educational system, comprising:

a first circuit board comprising a first input interface and a first output interface;

a first magnetic connector including an exterior side surface and an exterior end surface different than the exterior side surface of the first magnetic connector, the first magnetic connector mounted to the first circuit board such that one of the first exterior side surface and the second exterior side surface of the first circuit board is substantially aligned in a same plane with the exterior side surface of the first magnetic connector, the first magnetic connector having a first conductor, a portion of the first conductor extending from the exterior end surface of the first magnetic connector;

a second circuit board comprising a first input interface and a first output interface; and

a second magnetic connector having an exterior side surface and an exterior end surface different than the exterior side surface of the second magnetic connector, the second magnetic connector mounted to the second circuit board such that one of the first exterior side surface and the second exterior side surface of the second circuit board is substantially aligned in a same plane with the exterior side surface of the second magnetic connector, the second magnetic connector having a second conductor, a portion of the second conductor extending from the exterior end surface of the second magnetic connector.

8. The educational system of claim 7 , wherein the exterior end surface of the first magnetic connector and the exterior end surface of the second magnetic connector each includes a first elongate portion extending in a vertical direction and a second elongate portion extending in a horizontal direction, the first elongate portion of the first magnetic connector configured to contact the first elongate portion of the second magnetic connector, the second elongate portion of the first magnetic connector configured to contact the second elongate portion of the second magnetic connector when the first magnetic connector is coupled to the second magnetic connector.

9. The educational system of claim 7 , further comprising:

a mounting board having a first side defining a plurality of openings and a second side including a plurality of projections,

the first magnetic connector and the second magnetic connector each configured to be removably coupled to the first side of the mounting board,

the second side of the mounting board configured to be removably coupled to at least one block having a projection and being from an interlocking block system.

10. The educational system of claim 7 , wherein:

the first magnetic connector includes a first mounting portion configured to be received within a first opening from a plurality of openings defined in a mounting board and a second mounting portion configured to be received within a second opening from the plurality of openings defined in the mounting board to removably couple the first circuit board to the mounting board,

the second magnetic connector includes a first mounting portion configured to be received within the first opening in the mounting board and a second mounting portion configured to be received within the second opening in the mounting board to removably couple the second circuit board to the mounting board.

11. The educational system of claim 7 , wherein the first magnetic connector has a first height and includes a first mounting portion and a second mounting portion each configured to be removably coupled to a mounting board, the educational system further comprising:

a first adapter configured to be coupled to a bottom surface of the first mounting portion; and

a second adapter configured to be coupled to a bottom surface of the second mounting portion,

the first magnetic connector having a second height when the first adapter and the second adapter are coupled to the first magnetic connector, the second height being greater than the first height.

12. The educational system of claim 7 , wherein:

the first magnetic connector includes a first mounting portion configured to be received within a first opening defined in a support member and a second mounting portion configured to be received within a second opening defined in the support member,

the second magnetic connector includes a first mounting portion configured to be received within the first opening of the support member and a second mounting portion configured to be received within the second opening of the support member, the support member configured to maintain the first magnetic connector coupled to the second magnetic connector.

13. An educational system, comprising:

a circuit board having a first end surface and a second end surface;

a first magnetic connector having a first housing fixedly coupled directly to the circuit board at a first end portion of the circuit board, the first end portion including the first end surface of the circuit board, the first magnetic connector having a first mounting portion and a second mounting portion, the first mounting portion configured to be removably coupled to a mounting board, the second mounting portion configured to be removably coupled to the mounting board; and

a second magnetic connector having a second housing fixedly coupled directly to the circuit board at a second end portion of the circuit board, the second end portion including the second end surface of the circuit board, the second magnetic connector having a third mounting portion configured to be removably coupled to the mounting board and a fourth mounting portion configured to be removably coupled to the mounting board, the circuit board, the first magnetic connector and the second magnetic connector collectively having a length and configured to be collectively removably coupled to the mounting board such that (1) the first mounting portion and the second mounting member are each disposed at a first location along one of a length of the mounting board and (2) the third mounting portion and the fourth mounting portion are each disposed at a second location along the length of the mounting board, a distance between the first location and the second location substantially coinciding with the collective length of the circuit board, the first magnetic connector and the second magnetic connector.

14. The educational system of claim 13 , further comprising:

the mounting board, the mounting board configured to be removably coupled to at least one block from an interlocking block system.

15. The educational system of claim 13 , wherein the circuit board is a first circuit board, the educational system further comprising:

a second circuit board; and

a magnetic connector coupled to the second circuit board, the magnetic connector including a first mounting portion configured to be removably coupled to the mounting board and a second mounting portion configured to be removably coupled to the mounting board to removably couple the second circuit board to the mounting board.

16. The educational system of claim 13 , wherein the first magnetic connector has a front surface and a conductor, at least a portion of the conductor extending from the front surface of the first magnetic connector and configured to engage a conductor on a magnetic connector coupled to a second circuit board.

17. The educational system of claim 13 , wherein the first magnetic connector has a first height, the educational system further comprising:

a first adapter configured to be coupled to a bottom surface of the first mounting portion; and

a second adapter configured to be coupled to a bottom surface of the second mounting portion,

the first magnetic connector having a second height when the first adapter and the second adapter are coupled to the first magnetic connector, the second height being greater than the first height.

18. The educational system of claim 13 , wherein the first housing of the first magnetic connector and the second housing of the second magnetic connector each includes a first housing portion coupled to a second housing portion.

19. The educational system of claim 13 , further comprising:

at least one electrical component disposed on a top surface of the circuit board and between the first magnetic connector and the second magnetic connector such that the electrical component is visibly and physically accessible to a user.

20. The educational system of claim 13 , wherein:

the first mounting portion and the second mounting portion of the first magnetic connector complimentarily mate with a first portion of the mounting board and a second portion of the mounting board, respectively,

the third mounting portion and the fourth mounting portion of the second magnetic connector complimentarily mate with a third portion of the mounting board and a fourth portion of the mounting board, respectively.

Continuity (7)
Continuation 16360827 · Mar 21, 2019
Continuation 15463510 · Mar 20, 2017
Continuation 13975923 · Aug 26, 2013
Continuation In Part 13593891 · Aug 24, 2012
Provisional Application 61728103 · Nov 19, 2012
Provisional Application 61527860 · Aug 26, 2011
Related Publication 20220377890A1 · Nov 24, 2022
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