Safe-snap computer cable
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorSri M. Sri-Jayantha
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An electrical cable for a portable computer includes a plurality of electrical leads bound together in a flexible sheath. A first snap connector is joined to the leads. A second snap connector is complementary to the first snap connector and is connected thereto for establishing electrical connection with the computer, and allowing self-disconnection thereof upon yanking of the cable over a range of angles relative to the computer including a hemisphere.
Claims7
An electrical cable for a portable computer having a receptacle and resting atop a surface above a floor, comprising:
- first and second cable portions each having a plurality of electrical leads bound together in a flexible sheath;
- a first snap connector joined to said leads at one end of said cable first portion, and a base connector joined to said leads at an opposite end of said cable first portion, and being complementary to said receptacle for being removably connected thereto;
- a second snap connector joined to said leads at a first end of said cable second portion and being complementary to said first snap connector, and a remote connector fixedly joined to said leads at an opposite end of said cable second portion for electrically joining said cable to a remote receptacle;
- and
- means for allowing self-disconnection of said first and second snap connectors upon yanking of said cable second portion over a range of angles relative to said computer including a hemisphere, and without yanking said computer off said surface to drop to said floor.
A method of self-disconnecting an electrical cable from a portable computer resting atop a surface above a floor, said method comprising:
- providing a complementary pair of removably interconnected snap connectors between opposite ends of said cable adjacent said computer to form first and second cable portions, with said cable first portion being disposed adjacent said computer and said cable second portion extending therefrom and intended for self-disconnection of said snap connectors upon yanking of said cable second portion without yanking said computer off said surface to drop to said floor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.