Patent ID: 8696377
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: H01H,H01R

Abstract:
1. A security apparatus for monitoring an electronic device, comprising: a male plug; the male plug having an outer conductive shell and a conductive tongue, the outer conductive shell and the conductive tongue being separated by a non-conductive material, wherein the outer conductive shell and the conductive tongue are configured to independently make direct contact with a conductive inner surface of a female receptor of the electronic device, whereby insertion of the male plug into the conductive female receptor permits an electron flow between the conductive outer shell and the conductive tongue through the female receptor; a first conductor in electrical communication with the conductive tongue; a second conductor in electrical communication with the conductive outer shell; and an alarm module in electrical communication with the first and the second conductors, the alarm module configured to detect discontinuance of the electron flow between the conductive outer shell and the conductive tongue responsive to removal of the male plug from the female receptor.