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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Arkadiy Tsfasman, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
John Werner, Fishkill, NY (US);
Byron Green, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Jeffrey A. Newcomer, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Robert Mullady, Ulster, NY (US);
William Brodsky, Binghamton, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a plug and receptacle. The receptacle may be configured to receive power and may include two or more sockets configured to electrically couple to two or more pins of the plug. A shorting contact included in the receptacle may be configured to contact two sockets of the two or more sockets. Further, shielding ribs included in the receptacle may be configured to block the shorting contact from contacting the two sockets.