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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary H. Stout, Farmington, UT (US);
Ryan A. Kunz, Roy, UT (US);
Joel J. Yeh, Diamond Bar, CA (US);
Ryan Yeh, Chino Hills, CA (US);
Hui-Tze Tsai, Chung-Hwa, TW;
Assignee:
3Com Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 2/500 ; H01R 2/702 ; H01R 3/100 ; H01R 3/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 2/500 ; H01R 2/702 ; H01R 3/100 ; H01R 3/900 ;
Abstract
A connector adapter that can be used to directly connect a peripheral device to a host device. The connector adapter is adjustable so as to allow selective reorientation of the peripheral with respect to the host device. The connector adapter includes a limiting mechanism that restricts the degree to which the adapter can be selectively rotated. In addition, the adapter includes an indexing mechanism that allows the position of the adapter to be locked in predetermined positions.