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US 2022/0102913 A1Published application
System and apparatuses for communication port cord retention
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorsMark James Sampson, Angus Cunningham
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Abstract
A single manufactured piece of injection molded or 3D (three-dimensional) printed plastic, metal, rubber, or wax is provided. The piece is adapted to fit around a communication port receptacle and a corresponding portion of a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) where the communication port receptacle is located on the PCB. The piece includes a latch adapted to push down on a tab of a connector for a cord when the connector is inserted into the communication port receptacle to hold the connector within the communication port receptacle.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a Printed Circuit Board (PCB);
- a communication port receptacle of the PCB;
- and
- a port retention apparatus adapted to hook onto the PCB and over the communication port receptacle;
- wherein the port retention apparatus comprises a latch to engage a tab on a connector of a cord and hold the connector within the communication port receptacle when the connecter is inserted into the communication port receptacle.
2 more elements
An apparatus, comprising:
- a single component comprising;
- a first portion;
- a latch;
- a second portion comprising a tongue;
- and
- an aperture defined by an inside surface of the first portion and a top surface of the second portion;
- wherein the latch extends down from the inside surface into the aperture;
- wherein the latch is adapted to push into a tab on a connector of a cord to secure the connector when the connector is inserted into a communication port receptacle on a Printed Circuit Board (PCB);
- wherein the aperture is sized to receive an outer surface of the communication port receptacle and a corresponding portion of the PCB;
- wherein the single component adapted to hook onto the corresponding portion of the PCB and surround an outer surface of the communication port receptacle.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a front surface;
- side surfaces;
- a top surface;
- a back surface;
- a bottom surface;
- an aperture defined by the top surface, bottom surface, and side surfaces, wherein the aperture sized to receive a communication port receptacle and a portion of a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) that corresponds to the communication port receptacle;
- a tongue that extends from the front surface horizontally towards the back surface along the bottom surface;
- and
- a latch that extends downward from the top surface into the aperture, wherein the latch adapted to push down into a tab on a connector of a cord when the connector is inserted into the communication port receptacle to hold the connector within the communication port receptacle;
- wherein the apparatus is adapted to be hooked onto and removed from the portion of the PCB.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.