Patent ID: 8670225

Claim:
A data logger comprising: a sensor for sensing an environmental condition of the data logger; a timer for providing a temporal scale to the sensed environmental condition; a memory device for storing data provided by the sensor and the timer; circuitry connected to the sensor, the timer and the memory device for conditioning data provided by the sensor, the timer and the memory device; a casing for containing the sensor, the timer, the memory device and the circuitry in a waterproof enclosure; a data communication linkage extending from the circuitry and through the circuitry compartment to allow data to be extracted from the memory device, the data linkage comprising: a USB connector; a plug connected to the USB connector, the plug including: a polygonal body having; a first wall from which the USB connector extends generally perpendicularly; first and second side walls extending from the first wall generally parallel to the USB connector; and first and second side walls extending from the first wall generally parallel to the USB connector; and first and second rear walls extending from the first and second side walls, respectively, at angles oblique to the first wall, the USB cable extending from the second rear wall; a USB cable having a first end extending from the plug; and a grommet connected to a second end of the USB cable for connecting the USB cable to the casing; and a channel extending along an edge perimeter of the casing such that the USB connector, the plug, an entire length of the USB cable and an entirety of the grommet are at least partially shrouded within the casing; wherein: the plug includes guides extending from a first surface connecting the first wall, the first and second side walls, and the first and second end walls; and the channel includes tracks for receiving the guides and directing the plug into the channel such that the USB connector aligns parallel to the enclosure; the guides comprise raised rectangular bodies; and the tracks comprise: recessed elongate channels having widths approximately equal to widths of the raised rectangular bodies such that the guides align the plug in a direction of the tracks; and recessed entrance portions wider than the elongate channels that narrow toward the elongate channels.