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Port protection system

US11733745B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Dell Products L.P. · US

Inventors

Shree Rathinasamy · Round Rock, US
Maunish Shah · Austin, US
David Piehler · Rue de l'Église, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 20, 2021
Grant date	Aug 22, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 4, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B2006/4297
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A port protection device includes a blocking element movement subsystem that may be coupled to a port that defines a port entrance, and a port entrance blocking element connected to the blocking element movement subsystem and defining airflow aperture(s). When the blocking element movement subsystem is coupled to the port, the blocking element movement subsystem allows the port entrance blocking element to be positioned in a port protection orientation immediately adjacent the port entrance such that airflow is restricted to entering the port via the airflow aperture(s). When the blocking element movement subsystem is coupled to the port, the blocking element movement subsystem also allows the port entrance blocking element to move from the port protection orientation to a cable connector orientation in response to engagement with a cable connector so that the cable connector may move through the port entrance to connect to the port.

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