Automatic switch
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1. A switch comprising:
- a body;
a switching circuit contained within the body;
a set of connector ports electrically coupled to the switching circuit; and
,a plurality of cables fixedly attached to and extending from the body, each cable in the plurality of cables having a plurality of connector plugs, wherein each connector plug in the plurality of connector plugs for one of the cables in the plurality of cables are matched a respective connector plug in another one of the cables in the plurality of cables, and wherein the switching circuit switches to connect each of the set of connector ports to one of the plurality of cables.
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Abstract
An automatic switch includes a main body having connector ports provided thereon, more than one or two sets of cable-connected connectors directly extended from the main body, and a circuit board provided in the main body and electrically connected to the sets of cable-connected connectors via signal cables. The main body has an integral enclosure formed through multiple times of injection molding to include a circuit-protecting layer for enclosing the circuit board, an outer case enclosing the circuit-protecting layer, and an anti-slipping layer coating an outer surface of the outer case.
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1. A switch comprising:
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a body; a switching circuit contained within the body; a set of connector ports electrically coupled to the switching circuit; and
,a plurality of cables fixedly attached to and extending from the body, each cable in the plurality of cables having a plurality of connector plugs, wherein each connector plug in the plurality of connector plugs for one of the cables in the plurality of cables are matched a respective connector plug in another one of the cables in the plurality of cables, and wherein the switching circuit switches to connect each of the set of connector ports to one of the plurality of cables. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method comprising the steps of:
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providing a body; enclosing a switching circuit within the body; integrating a first computer cable and a second computer cable into the body, each of the first computer cable and the second computer cable including a first end electrically coupled to the switching circuit and a second end having a plurality of connector plugs, each connector plug in the plurality of connector plugs in the first computer cable being matched to a corresponding one of the plurality of connector plugs in the second computer cable; and
,providing a plurality of connector ports on a surface of the body, the plurality of connector ports electrically coupled to the switching circuit; wherein the switching circuit electrically switches the plurality of connector ports between the plurality of connector plugs of the first computer cable and the second computer cable. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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