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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:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
John A. Benavides, Garland, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 3/00 ;
Abstract
An embodiment of this invention provides a system and method for sensing the status of a ZIF socket lever. An LED is physically mounted to a socket. One lead of the LED is electrically connected to a positive voltage through a electrical contact on the socket. When the ZIF socket lever is closed, the other lead of the LED is connected to a ground. As a result, the LED is activated indicating the ZIF socket lever is closed.