US Patent Issued to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development on Aug. 4 for "USB plug with sliding sleeve locking mechanism and removable electronic module comprising the same" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,696, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Spring, Texas).

"USB plug with sliding sleeve locking mechanism and removable electronic module comprising the same" was invented by Yuying Chen (Beijing) and Aijun Liu (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A removable electronic module including electronic circuitry and a universal serial bus (USB) plug. The USB plug has an inner body and an outer sleeve movably coupled to the inner body. The outer sleeve is movable between a first position and a second position relative to the inner body. The inner body includes electrical contacts and one or more pr...