Patent ID: 7857664

Claim:
A quick connect/disconnect cable apparatus comprising: a housing having a first housing component and a second housing component, the first housing component being separable from the second housing component at an interface; the first housing component having first connecting parts at the interface and the second housing component having corresponding mating second connecting parts at the interface; wherein the first housing component further includes a plurality of ports located on at least one first housing component surface, the plurality of ports being adapted to allow a plurality of peripheral computer devices to connect to the plurality of ports; wherein the second housing component further includes means for allowing a plurality of cables to connect between the second housing component and a computer, wherein the apparatus further comprises the cables in a single shielded cable and a single computer peripheral connector attached to the single shielded cable, the computer peripheral connector being adapted to connect to a peripheral computer port of the computer, wherein the second housing component has a power connection port external to the interface on a side other than the interface and connected to the means for allowing the plurality of cables to connect between the second housing component and the computer.