Adapter cord management assembly
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsBritt C. Ashcraft, Eric Chen
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention disclose an adapter cord management assembly. According to one embodiment, the cord management assembly includes a housing and cord attached to the housing on a first end, while a connector portion is formed on a second end of the cord opposite the first end. Moreover, the connector portion includes a first attachment feature configured to mate with a corresponding second attachment feature incorporated within the housing of the adapter.
Claims20
An adapter cord management assembly comprising:
- a housing;
- a cord attached to the housing on a first end;
- and
- a connector portion formed on a second end of the cord opposite the first end;
- wherein a first attachment feature is incorporated within the connector portion and is configured to mate with a corresponding second attachment feature incorporated within the housing.
An assembly for managing adapter cord utilized with a computing device, the assembly comprising:
- an adapter casing including a power cable extending from the casing at a first end, wherein the power cable includes a plug formed on second end opposite the first end of the power cable;
- a first attachment feature integrated within the plug;
- a second attachment feature integrated with the adapter casing and configured to mate with the first attachment feature of the plug.
An adapter cord management assembly comprising:
- an adapter housing having a cord attached to the housing at a first end;
- a plug connector formed on a second end of the cord opposite the first end attached to the adapter housing;
- a first magnetic element incorporated within the plug connector;
- a second magnetic element incorporated within the adapter housing and configured to magnetically couple with the first magnetic element of the plug connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.