Electronic accessory with magnetically mating optical data connectors

摘要

An electronic accessory (700) connectable to a remote electronic device through a data interface. The electronic accessory includes an electronic circuit (720) that exchanges data through a data interface (106), and a magnetically mating optical circuit connector (106). The magnetically mating optical circuit connector includes at least one optical terminal (130) for the data interface, and a connector body (106) that engages a corresponding connector (104). The connector body is attached to the at least one optical terminal and includes at least one alignment feature (204) that aligns each of the optical terminals with a corresponding optical terminal of the corresponding connector. The magnetically mating optical circuit connector has at least one magnetic attachment area (122, 124) attached to the connector body and configured to magnetically attach the connector body to the corresponding connector when the connector body is engaged into the corresponding connector.