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US 10,320,120 B2Granted
Fastener devices to secure connections
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsFrancesc Roure Pastor, Santiago Forcada, David Soriano, David Sala Porta, Xavier Gomez Travesset
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Abstract
There is provided a fastener device and methods of using a fastener device, the device comprising a body having a first end comprising a supporting portion adapted to support at least a rear surface of a connector plug and a second opposite end comprising a latching portion adapted to engage at least a rear surface of a socket when the connector plug is inserted into the socket.
Claims8
A connector system comprising:
- a connector plug;
- a socket mounted on a circuit board;
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- a fastener device comprising:
- a body having a first end comprising a supporting portion adapted to support at least a rear surface of the connector plug above the circuit board to align the connector plug with the socket and a second opposite end comprising a latching portion adapted to engage at least a rear surface of the socket after the connector plug is inserted into the socket,
- wherein the body further comprises an aperture to allow a cable attached to the connector plug to be inserted through the body of the fastener device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.