Patents

US 12506922 B2: Magnetic connector attachment and heat sinking

Granted
2025-12-23
Filed
2024-05-20 application 18669463
Type
Utility · 20 claims
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Abstract

A co-processor module for use with a set top box including an enclosure and a processor assembly contained in the enclosure. The processor assembly can include a PCB, a processor, and a USB connector. One or more magnets extend through a wall of the enclosure and are positioned to contact a surface of the set top box when the USB connector is connected to the set top box.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg251223.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
DISH Network L.L.C. 561 patentsUS company or organizationEnglewood, COPVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Steven Allen NedvedLittleton, CO7PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
H04NPictorial communication, e.g. televisionH04N21/418PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
H05KPrinted circuits; casings or constructional details of electric apparatus; manufacture of assemblages of electrical componentsH05K7/1401PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2024-05-21Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
NEDVED, STEVEN signed 2020-06-01DISH NETWORK L.L.C. ENGLEWOOD, CO67481/210PASDL, file of 2026-10-15

Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.

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