Connector lock for a universal serial bus port

Claim 1

A connector lock for a universal serial bus port comprising a tubular body having an outside surface; a distal end; a proximal end; a stepped longitudinal hole formed axially through the tubular body and having an internal surface and at least one internal annular step near the distal end; a lock cylinder seated in the stepped longitudinal hole against the internal annular step; a stationary diametric recess formed in the proximal end; and a rotation limit formed in the internal surface of the stepped longitudinal hole at the proximal end of the tubular body; a rotatable limit seated in the stepped longitudinal hole, attached to the lock cylinder, being cylindrical and having an outer end; an inner end attached to the lock cylinder; a rotating diametric recess selectively aligned with the stationary diametric recess in the tubular body; an outer surface; and a positive stop formed on and protruding from the outside surface at the outer end and corresponding to the rotation limit in the tubular body; a lock activator being tubular, mounted slidably around the proximal end of the tubular body and having an inside surface; an outer end; an inner end; a transverse bar formed across the outer end and aligned with the stationary diametric recess in the tubular body; and a latch activator attached to the transverse bar and having two sides; a top edge; a bottom edge; a proximal end attached to the transverse bar; a distal end; two grooves formed on one side of the latch activator respectively at the top and bottom edges; and a drive hole formed through the latch activator near the distal end and having a front edge; a rear edge; a front inclined surface formed on the front edge of the drive hole; and a rear inclined surface formed on the rear edge of the drive hole wherein the front and rear inclined surfaces are inclined so the surfaces face opposite sides of the latch activator and the rear inclined surface faces away from the side with the grooves; a plug being hollow, mounted slidably around the latch activator of the rotatable limit and having; a proximal end; a distal end; two narrow sides; two retainers formed on and extending in respectively from the narrow sides of the plug near the proximal end and corresponding to and sliding in the grooves in the latch activator; and a resilient latch tongue formed in the plug between the narrow sides of the plug and having a proximal end formed with the plug; two side edges; an inclined distal surface having an inside surface and an outside surface; and two protruding latches formed on and extending out respectively from the side edges of the resilient latch tongue near the inclined distal surface; a faceplate connected around the proximal end of the plug, attached to the proximal end of the tubular body and having an inside surface; and a through hole formed through the faceplate.