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Magnetic and locking cable connectors

  • US 8,342,857 B2
  • Filed: 12/09/2010
  • Issued: 01/01/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system, comprising:

  • a cable including a data transmission wire wherein the cable has a device connector end;

    a device connector mechanically attached to the device connector end, the device connector having at least one pin electrically associated with the data transmission wire;

    the device connector having a slidable housing, wherein the slidable housing slides to increase and decrease an exposure of a data pin of the device connector; and

    a magnetic element having a shape suitable for mating with a device side of the device connector, wherein a first side of the magnetic element is magnetically connected to a portion of the device connector and a second side is positioned to magnetically connect to a device, wherein the magnetic element is separable from the device connector.

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