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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2000
Steven Lo Forte, Copperton, UT (US);
David Oliphant, West Valley City, UT (US);
Ryan Kunz, Roy, UT (US);
3Com Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An extendable media connector for coupling a physical/electrical media plug to an electrical apparatus either directly or indirectly via a communications device. The extendable media connector is slidably retractable and has a frame with an aperture extending therethrough and a rocker arm mounted thereon. The rocker arm is configured to capture a retention clip mounted on the media plug to securely latch the media plug to the extendable media connector. The rocker arm also has alignment arms configured to engage the sides of the retention clip so that the connection between the media plug and the extendable media connector is aligned and tight even if the aperture is wider than the body of the media plug. The connection between the extendable media connector and the plug includes biasing electrical contacts connected to internal circuitry of the electrical apparatus against contact pins of the media plug.