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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
James W. Edwards, Austin, TX (US);
Craig A. Zimmerman, Austin, TX (US);
Robert A. Marshall, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 2/400 ; H01R 1/353 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 2/400 ; H01R 1/353 ;
Abstract
According to one embodiment of the invention, an apparatus includes a housing having a cavity configured to receive a plug. The apparatus includes a plurality of conductive pins each configured to contact a respective one of a plurality of conductive pins on the plug when the plug is inserted into the cavity. The apparatus also includes a discharge conductor system configured to contact at least one of the plurality of the conductive pins on the plug before complete insertion of the plug into the cavity and a discharge circuit coupling the discharge conductor system to ground.