Break apart power connector
AssigneeUltra Products, Inc.
InventorCarl Fiorentino
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Abstract
In one embodiment of the present invention a break apart power connector (e.g., for use with a personal computer power supply) is provided. In one example, the connector may comprise an integrally molded body portion, a plurality of electrical connecting elements mounted to the integrally molded body portion and a score line disposed on integrally molded body portion (the score line may permit the integrally molded body portion to be broken into at least two pieces). In another example, the connector may comprise an integrally molded body portion, a plurality of electrical connecting elements mounted to the integrally molded body portion and a hinge disposed on integrally molded body portion (the hinge may permit the integrally molded body portion to be broken into at least two pieces).
Claims8
An electrical connector, comprising:
- an integrally molded body portion for use in association with a PC power supply;
- twenty-four electrical connecting elements mounted to the integrally molded body portion;
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- at least one frangible feature disposed on the integrally molded body portion, wherein the frangible feature is a hinge;
- wherein the hinge permits the integrally molded body portion to be broken into a first piece having twenty electrical connecting elements and a second piece having four electrical connecting elements;
- wherein the connector further comprises a tab on one of the first or second pieces and a tab receiver on the other one of the first and second pieces;
- wherein the tab is disposed on the integrally molded body portion at a side of the integrally molded body portion opposite the hinge;
- wherein the tab receiver is disposed on the integrally molded body portion at the side of the integrally molded body portion opposite the hinge;
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- wherein the tab receiver holds the tab such that the first piece and the second piece are held adjacent one another until such time that a user pushes the tab out of the tab receiver in order to pivot the first piece away from the second piece to break the first piece and the second piece apart.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.