# US 2025/0154798 A1 · Anti-theft connector for equipment > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0154798 A1 - Document ID: US20250154798A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 19/020,242 - Filed: 2025-01-14 - Published: 2025-05-15 - Earliest claimed: 2020-02-05 - Assignees: Lupex Japan Inc. - Applicants: Lupex Japan Inc. - Inventors: LIU Ray; ISHII Yasuyuki; UMEZAWA Tsukasa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250154798A1 ## CPC - E05B 73/0082: {for office machines, e.g. PC's, portable computers, typewriters, calculators} - E05B 63/0056: {Locks with adjustable or exchangeable lock parts (adjustable strikers E05B15/024; adjustable to different keys E05B35/083; adjustable bolt or backset E05B63/06; adjustable coupling means for bars, rods, cables E05C9/20)} - E05B 73/0005: {using chains, cables or the like (chain- or cable-locks of the padlock type E05B67/003; lockable clothing hangers or hanger racks E05B69/006)} - E05B: LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS ## Abstract The present invention is to provide an anti-theft connector for equipment that can be used for different sized security slots with a single device, wherein the anti-theft connector is to be fixed to security slots of equipment, and comprises insertion pieces 20, 20 that have insertion pawls 21, 21 protruding and engageable with the security slots and base portions 22, 22, an angle adjusting means 30 adapted to enter between the base portions and to adjust the relative opening angles of the insertion pieces at least by a first opening angle and a second opening angle, and a locking means 40 for holding and locking the angle adjusting means. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 -8. (canceled) ### Claim 9 An anti-theft connector for equipment wherein the anti-theft connector is to be fixed to a security slot of the equipment, the anti-theft connector comprising: a first insertion piece including a base end and a forward end opposite to the base end, wherein a first insertion pawl engageable with the security slot is formed on the forward end, and a first base portion is located on the side of the base end; a second insertion piece including a base end and a forward end opposite to the base end, wherein a second insertion pawl engageable with the security slot is formed on the forward end, and a second base portion is located on the side of the base end; a support portion provided for pivotally supporting the first insertion piece between the base end and the forward end of the first insertion piece and the second insertion piece between the base end and the forward end of the second insertion piece, the support portion being configured to vary an opening angle between the first insertion piece and the second insertion piece; and an angle adjusting means insertable from between the first base portion of the first insertion piece and the second base portion of the second insertion piece, the angle adjusting means being configured to adjust the opening angle depending on a depth of the angle adjusting means inserted between the first insertion piece and the second insertion piece. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The anti-theft connector for equipment according to claim 9 wherein the opening angle comprises a first opening angle and a second opening angle. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The anti-theft connector for equipment according to claim 10 wherein the opening angle further comprises a third opening angle. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The anti-theft connector for equipment according to claim 9 further comprising an insertion piece biasing means for biasing the first insertion piece and the second insertion piece to decrease the opening angle between the first insertion piece and the second insertion piece. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The anti-theft connector for equipment according to claim 10 further comprising an insertion piece biasing means for biasing the first insertion piece and the second insertion piece to decrease the opening angle between the first insertion piece and the second insertion piece. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The anti-theft connector for equipment according to claim 11 further comprising an insertion piece biasing means for biasing the first insertion piece and the second insertion piece to decrease the opening angle between the first insertion piece and the second insertion piece. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The anti-theft connector for equipment according to claim 9 further comprising a locking means for preventing the angle adjusting means from being moved. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The anti-theft connector for equipment according to claim 10 further comprising a locking means for preventing the angle adjusting means from being moved. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The anti-theft connector for equipment according to claim 11 further comprising a locking means for preventing the angle adjusting means from being moved. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The anti-theft connector for equipment according to claim 12 further comprising a locking means for preventing the angle adjusting means from being moved. ### Claim 19 (depends on 13) The anti-theft connector for equipment according to claim 13 further comprising a locking means for preventing the angle adjusting means from being moved. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The anti-theft connector for equipment according to claim 14 further comprising a locking means for preventing the angle adjusting means from being moved.