Patent ID: 7677929

Claim:
A sacrificial connector comprising: a male end having a power pin centrally arranged within a metallic barrel, said power pin providing a DC biased voltage, said metallic barrel maintained in a grounded state such that the DC biased voltage from the power pin can flow into a laptop computer having a power receptacle into which the male end of the sacrificial connector is inserted; a female end having a larger diameter than the male end, said female end comprising at least one ground member that is electrically connected to the metallic barrel of the male end, said female end further including a receptacle that defines an opening having a diameter substantially equal to the metallic barrel of the male end, said receptacle being electrically connected to the power pin of the male end; a tab having a first side near the male end and a second side near the female end, said tab comprising electrically insulating material being arranged on an exterior of the sacrificial connector and extending radially outward therefrom; and, a layer of adhesive arranged onto the first side of the tab, said layer of adhesive securing the sacrificial connector to an exterior surface of a case of a laptop computer that surrounds an opening into which an end of a power cord is inserted.