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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:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
May. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Dean M. Jenkins, La Canada-Flintridge, CA (US);
Musa I. Kakish, Anaheim, CA (US);
Assignee:
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/717 (2006.01); H01R 13/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/7175 (2013.01); H01R 13/665 (2013.01); H01R 13/7172 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device system can include an electronic device. The electronic device can include a receptacle, and a device logic driving status unit configured to generate a status signal indicating activity of the electronic device, and a communications cable. The communications cable can include a first plug configured to connect to the receptacle and receive the status signal, wherein the first plug includes a status indicator configured to indicate activity of the electronic device based on the status signal.