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US 2006/0052001 A1Published application
Universal serial bus plug
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorJeffrey Parker
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Abstract
A universal serial bus plug includes a blade having terminals, and a pop-up shell. The pop-up shell includes an active position when spaced from the blade and a storage position when depressed towards the blade.
Claims30
A system comprising:
- a universal serial bus plug including a blade and a depressible, pop-up shell, wherein the pop-up shell includes an active position when separated from the blade and a storage position when depressed towards the blade.
A universal serial bus plug comprising:
- a blade having terminals;
- and
- a pop-up shell including an active position when spaced from the blade and a storage position when adjacent the blade.
An electronic device comprising:
- a universal serial bus plug;
- a housing with a recess to receive the universal serial bus plug;
- and
- means for moving the universal serial bus plug from a storage position within the recess to an active position.
1 more element
A method comprising:
- moving a blade of a universal serial bus plug together with a pop-up shell of the universal serial bus plug from a storage position within a device to an active position;
- and
- defining a cavity between the pop-up shell and the blade, when the blade and the pop-up shell are moved to the active position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.