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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2008
Filed:
May. 07, 2007
Applicant:
Tomasz Franciszek Wilk, Cary, NC (US);
Inventor:
Tomasz Franciszek Wilk, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Aspects for easing the attachment of a peripheral cable to a personal computer (PC) include providing a connector with a symmetric shape that supports multiple orientations of cable attachment to a PC. An orientation of insertion is identified when the connector is attached to the PC, and signal lines from the connector are rearranged based on the identified orientation of the connector.