Patent ID: 9239633
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: G06F,H01R,H04M

Claim Text:
1. A port of a user device to operate the user device in one or more selected modes of operation, the port comprising: a body defining an opening to a recess for receiving one or more connectors of a plug; one or more terminals exposed in the recess for electrically coupling with the one or more connectors of the plug in a first mode of operation; and, a switch disposed in the recess remote and distal from the opening, activation of the switch causing the user device to operate in a second mode of operation; wherein, upon full insertion of the plug into the recess via the opening electrically coupling the one or more terminals of the port with the one or more connectors of the plug, there is a physical gap between the distally disposed switch and the one or more connectors of the plug that are electrically coupled with the one or more terminals of the port such that the switch is not activatable by the plug.