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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2006
Filed:
May. 07, 2002
Erick J. Tuttle, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Sean W. Tucker, Loveland, CO (US);
Ronald Paul Dean, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Kristina Lynn Mann, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Erick J. Tuttle, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Sean W. Tucker, Loveland, CO (US);
Ronald Paul Dean, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Kristina Lynn Mann, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Abstract
A system and method for stabilizing a mating is provided. One embodiment comprises an apparatus for stabilizing a mating between signal connectors. The apparatus comprises a body operable to be coupled to a unit comprising a first signal connector, said body forming an aperture operable to receive at least a portion of a surface to which a second signal connector is coupled, wherein said apparatus restrains movement of the at least a portion of the surface received by the aperture when the first signal connector and the second signal connector are mated.