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US 8,029,306 · App. 12/715,382 · Granted Oct 4, 2011

Plug module

Assignee: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,029,306
App. No.
12/715,382
Granted
Oct 4, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A plug module disposed at the end of a cable is used for assembling in a socket, and the socket has a connecting portion and a position limiting structure on the connecting portion. The plug module includes a body, a positioning element, and a sliding element. The body is connected with the connecting portion in a connecting direction. The positioning element disposed on the body is interfered the position limiting structure. The sliding element is slidingly disposed at a side of the body adjacent to the cable, and it is suited for driving the positioning element to release the interference between the positioning element and the position limiting structure.

Claims (10)

1. A plug module, disposed at an end of a cable and used for being assembled in a socket, the socket has a connecting portion and a position limiting structure on the connecting portion, the plug module comprising:

a body, connected to the connecting portion of the socket along a connecting direction;

a positioning element, disposed on the body and interfered the position limiting structure, wherein the positioning element comprises at least one elastic element, each of the elastic elements is connected with the body and has a leaning portion and a positioning portion, and the leaning portion is between the positioning portion and the cable, wherein the elastic element is an elastic rod, an end of the elastic rod is embedded and fixed in the body, and the body exposes the leaning portion and the positioning portion; and

a sliding element slidingly disposed at a side of the body adjacent to the cable and suited for driving the positioning element to release interference between the positioning element and the position limiting structure.

2. The plug module according to claim 1 , wherein the sliding element slides between a first position and a second position relative to the body along the connecting direction, when the sliding element is at the first position, the sliding element drives the positioning element to release the interference between the positioning element and the position limiting structure, and when the sliding element is at the second position, the sliding element is detached from the positioning element.

3. The plug module according to claim 1 , further comprising a slip-proof element disposed on the body and at a sliding path of the sliding element.

4. The plug module according to claim 3 , wherein the slip-proof element comprises a rib horizontally disposed on the sliding path.

5. The plug module according to claim 1 , further comprising a runner disposed between the sliding element and the body, wherein the sliding element slides relative to the body along the runner.

6. The plug module according to claim 1 , wherein the positioning portion is a hook, and the position limiting structure comprises an opening corresponding to the hook.

7. The plug module according to claim 1 , wherein a holding portion is extended from the sliding element toward the cable.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2010
From: HUANG, PAI-CHING
To: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
Reel/Frame 024032/0105 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 98110225 A · Mar 27, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100248526A1 · Sep 30, 2010