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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:
Jan. 01, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2005
Applicants:
Art Pharn, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
James M. Muth, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Ross Nagarasan, Orange, CA (US);
Richard M. Togashi, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Inventors:
Art Pharn, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
James M. Muth, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Ross Nagarasan, Orange, CA (US);
Richard M. Togashi, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 24/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A connector device (for example, a jack) is provided with a sensing mechanism that detects mating of another connector to the connector device, and differentiates between matching and non-matching connectors. The sensing mechanism generates a signal to indicate that a non-matching connector has been mated with the connector device.