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Data storage system including recessed USB port

  • US 20080204992A1
  • Filed: 02/27/2007
  • Published: 08/28/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A data storage system comprising:

  • a computer including a housing enclosing a central processing unit, the housing including an exterior surface that defines a recessed USB port including an internal wall separated from the exterior surface, a USB receptacle formed in the internal wall, and a well extending between the internal wall and the exterior surface of the housing, the USB receptacle in electrical communication with the central processing unit; and

    a USB device insertable into the recessed USB port, the USB device including a case defining a first end and an opposing second end and a USB connector extending from the first end of the case;

    wherein the well of the recessed USB port is configured to receive substantially an entirety of the case of an inserted USB device such that the second end of the case is substantially coplanar with the exterior surface of the housing.

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