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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Nai Hock Lwee, Singapore, SG;
Assignee:
BERG Technology, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/362 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/362 ;
Abstract
A connector device includes a housing having a slide plate with a handle. By the manual operation of the handle, the slide plate is moved by a disengageable link mechanism along the length of the housing. When a data storage medium is fully inserted in the connector device and the handle is in a first position, the link mechanism is disengaged. The link mechanism becomes engaged, and thereby operable to move the slide plate, only after the handle is moved from the first position to an extended position. In this manner, inadvertent ejection of the data storage medium is prevented.