Patent ID: 9236687
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A cable connector for coupling a cable with a device having a mating connector, comprising: a cable connector body having a device end, a cable end, a bottom side, and a pivot point on the bottom side between the device and cable ends; a strut having a first strut end pivotally coupled with the pivot point and a second strut end, wherein the strut is operable to rotate between a retracted position and an actuated position and the second strut end is adapted to engage the device on a surface of the device below the mating connector in the actuated position; a button disposed in a surface of the device end of the cable connector body; a first rod with a first rod end and a second rod end, the first rod end coupled to the button; a second rod with a third rod end and a fourth rod end, the third rod end pivotally coupled to the second rod end and the fourth rod end coupled to the strut between the first strut end and a second strut end; and a spring with a first spring end and a second spring end, the first spring end is coupled to the cable connector body and the second spring end is coupled to the strut, wherein when the button is depressed, the first rod and the second rod actuate the strut to the actuated position and when the button is released the spring returns the strut to the retracted position.