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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2003
David Paul Kuiken, Round Rock, TX (US);
Mark Daniel Rogalski, Leander, TX (US);
Paul Anthony Thayer, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A modular connector with an integrated anti-snag feature is provided. The modular connector has a first flexible tab attached at a first end of the connector. The first flexible tab has a first and a second part. The first part is connected to and projected upward and away from the first end of the connector and the second part is angled downward toward a second end of the connector but unattached thereto. The first part meets with the second part at a flexible intersection whereby a force exerted onto either the first part or the second part is enabled to depress the flexible first tab downward. The connector also has a second flexible tab. The second flexible tab is attached at the second end of the connector and is projected at an angle toward the first flexible tab. The first end and second end of the connector are at opposite ends of each other. The second flexible tab is used to prevent the connector from snagging on objects such as cables, components etc. The connector may snag on an object if the object becomes lodged between the first flexible tab and the connector.