Electrical connectors – Connector movable between accessible and inaccessible positions
Reexamination Certificate
2005-11-22
2009-06-30
Gilman, Alexander (Department: 2833)
Electrical connectors
Connector movable between accessible and inaccessible positions
Reexamination Certificate
active
07553172
ABSTRACT:
A USB plug comprises a shell, a stationary port, upper and lower sliders and a levering device. The shell has an opening formed at a front end thereof and two pairs of terminal pins connected at a rear end thereof. The stationary port extending horizontally is fixed at a middle of the rear end of the shell, each side of the port being provided with two pairs of contacts in electrically connection with the terminal pins. The upper and lower sliders respectively have first sides thereof facing towards each other and second sides thereof being slidable along upper and lower sidewalls of the shell, each one slider having two metal contacts provided on the first side thereof corresponding to the contacts of the stationary port. The levering device is operatively provided between the upper and lower sliders in order to alternately shift the upper and lower sliders by means of an external intrusion force exerted on one of the upper and lower sliders. Advantageously the USB plug is adapted for connecting with a conventional USB socket in both upside and upside down orientation.
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Search Report Dated Jan. 26, 2006.
Chiu Ronald
Lee Chee Hong
Tsang Wing Hon
Gilman Alexander
Navon Jeffrey M.
Shedd Robert D.
Thomson Licensing
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