US 8,986,032 B2Granted

Modular connecting device having protective casing

OwnerSheng-Hsin Liaoinventor

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Abstract

A modular connecting device having protective casing includes a first connector, a protective casing, an adaptor, and a protective casing. The first connector has an insertion portion. The protective casing having a case body is movably disposed on the first connector, and the case body of the protective casing is selectively sleeved on the first connector. The adaptor includes a second connector and a third connector. The first connector selectively establishes an electrical connection with the second connector. The third connector is exposed from the case body of the protective casing or received in the case body of the protective casing. The protective cover is selectively sleeved on outer portions of the third connector. Thus, the instant disclosure can be used to protect the connectors and to prevent foreign objects or the connectors per se from being damaged.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A USB modular connecting device having protective casing, comprising:

a first connector having an insertion portion;
a protective casing having a case body, the protective casing movably disposed on the first connector, and the case body of the protective casing selectively sleeved on the first connector;
an adaptor having a second connector and a third connector, the second connector and the third connector electrically connected, the second connector and the first connector selectively in electrical connection with each other, and the third connector selectively exposed from or received in the case body of the protective casing;
and
a protective cover selectively sleeved on outer portions of the third connector;
wherein the protective casing has two coupling arms movably disposed on the first connector;
wherein inner surfaces of the two coupling arms respectively have two pivotable portions formed thereon, the first connector has at least one track formed on each of two lateral sides of the first connector, and the two pivotable portions of the protective casing are slidably engaged to the two tracks on the two lateral sides of the first connector.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/023,448Filed 10 Sep 2013
Priority: TW 102126855 A26 Jul 2013
Published: US 2015/0031223 A129 Jan 2015
Granted: 24 Mar 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

H01R 13/44
Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00: means for preventing access to live contacts
H01R 13/447
Means for preventing access to live contacts: shutter or cover plate
H01R 27/00
Coupling parts adapted for co-operation with two or more dissimilar counterparts
H01R 31/06
Coupling parts supported only by co-operation with counterpart: intermediate parts for linking two coupling parts, e.g. adapter