Patent ID: 7316590
Filing Date: 2008-01-08
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electronic data connector of a wireless communication device for receiving a male section of a different electronic connector, comprising: an electronic data connector receptacle generic to different electronic connectors, the electronic data connector receptacle including a female section with a recess for receiving the male section of the different electronic connectors the female section including a top with holes therein having a width perpendicular to an insertion direction of the male section; a removably attachable connector key carried by the electronic data connector receptacle and including one or more positive material obstructions extending partially through the holes into the recess of the female section having a width that obstruct one or more portions of the recess of the female section so that only an electronic connector with a male section configured to accommodate the positive material obstructions will mate with the electronic data connector receptacle, wherein the removably attachable connector key is disposed substantially outside of the female section and covers entire top and sides of the female section, and the width of each of the positive material obstructions is ½ the width of each of the holes in the top of the female section.