Connector locking device
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJerry Decime, Brenda A. Burget
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Abstract
A locking device for a connector that can be readily adapted to an existing electronics enclosure such as personal computer. Preferably the locking device has one or more sheathing members that form a hollow space for at least partially retaining a connector. The sheathing member has one or more openings connecting the hollow space inside the sheathing member with the space outside of the sheathing member. The openings are adapted to permit the connector to be connected to a mating connector and to provide for at least partial entry of a cable that is associated with the connector. Finally, the sheathing member has one or more projecting members for securing the connector locking device to the electronics enclosure.
Claims44
A locking system for a connector comprising:
- a sheathing member having:
- a hollow space for at least partly retaining the connector,
- first and second openings connecting the hollow space with space outside the sheathing member, the first opening providing for attachment of the connector to an electronic device and the second opening providing for at least partial entry of a cable associated with the connector, and
- at least one projecting member for securing the sheathing member to the electronic device.
A locking system for a connector comprising:
- a sheathing member having:
- a hollow space for at least partly retaining the connector,
- an opening connecting the hollow space with space outside the sheathing member, the opening providing for attachment of the connector to an electronic device and configured to provided for at least partial entry of a cable associated with the connector, and
- at least one projecting member for securing the sheathing member to the electronic device.
A locking system for a connector comprising:
- a sheathing member having an open position and a closed position:
- the open position comprising a spaced-apart first and second sheathing portions to allow at least one cable associated with the connector to pass there through, each sheathing portion comprising a first end portion and second end portion, the first end portion configured to allow at least one connector cable there through and the second end portion configured to allow the connector to connect to an electronic device,
- the closed position comprising a closed first and second sheathing portions, each sheathing portion comprising a first end portion and second end portion, the first end portion configured to allow at least one connector cable there through and to prevent the connector from passing there through and the second end portion configured to allow the connector to connect to an electronic device, and
- at least one projecting member for securing the sheathing member to the electronic device.
An electronics device having a connector locking system comprising:
- a sheathing member for at least partially retaining a first connector, wherein the sheathing member has an opening to permit connecting the first connector to a second mating connector;
- and
- a projecting member for securing the sheathing member to an electronics enclosure.
A connector having a locking system comprising:
- a body,
- a projecting member connected to the body,
- the projecting member having two spaced apart sides;
- and
- an aperture through the two spaced apart sides, wherein the projecting member and aperture are configured to receive a post member there through and to allow the attachment of a locking device to the post member, the locking device having a locked state and an unlocked state.
A locking system for an electronic connector comprising:
- a means for sheathing a connector;
- and
- a means for securing the means for sheathing the connector to an electronics enclosure.
A method of securing a connector to an electronics enclosure comprising:
- installing a sheathing device at least partially around a connector wherein the sheathing device at least partially retains the connector;
- and
- securing the sheathing device to the electronic enclosure.
A method of securing a connector to an electronics enclosure comprising:
- connecting a first connector that has a projecting member to a second mating connector mounted on the electronics enclosure,
- securing the projecting member to the electronics enclosure with a locking device wherein the locking device has a locked state and an unlocked state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.