Patent ID: 8246380

Claim:
A connecting device comprising: a cable configured to transmit signal; a carrier receiving the cable, the carrier comprising a first side plate and a second side plate opposite to the first side plate, and a fixing post secured in the carrier adjacent to the first side plate; a sliding member slidable in the carrier; and a resilient component secured to the fixing post and the sliding member, and the cable runs between the fixing post and the sliding member, wherein the resilient component is elastically deformable between a first state and a second state; in the first state the resilient component is in an original state, substantially all of the cable is in the carrier, and the sliding member abuts the second side plate; and in the second state, the resilient component is in elastically deformed, substantially all of the cable is exposed from the carrier, and the sliding member slides adjacent to the first side plate; wherein the cable wrapped about the sliding member in a first direction and wrapped about the fixing post in a second direction.