CONNECTOR WITH CONTROL AND STORAGE FUNCTIONS

• US 20100159747A1
• Filed: 10/12/2009
• Published: 06/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nai-Chien Chang
• Original Assignee: Nai-Chien Chang
• Inventors: CHANG, Nai-Chien
• Granted Patent: US 7,892,030 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/607.350
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/722 coupling devices mounted on the edge of the printed circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6658 on printed circuit board H01R13/6666 - H01R13/6691 take precedence

Abstract

A connector with control and storage functions includes a housing, a base, a terminal set, a control module and a cover. The housing includes an interface and an opening formed at front and rear ends of the housing respectively. The base inside the housing includes a stop block, a load carrying portion on the stop block, and through holes formed on the stop block. The terminal set in the load carrying portion and the through hole includes a slot at a rear side of the terminal set. The storage module electrically coupled to the terminal set includes a printed circuit board electrically coupled to a control unit and a storage unit. The cover includes first and second cover plates connected into the slot. The control module is provided for controlling the electronic product, storing data required by the electronic product, and increasing the storage capacity of the electronic product.

Claims

1. A connector with control and storage functions, electrically coupled to an electronic product, for controlling an electronic and storing related data, and the connector comprising:

a housing, being a hollow body, and having an interface disposed at a front end of the housing and an opening disposed at a rear end of the housing;

a base, disposed inside the housing, and having a stop block, and the stop block having a load carrying portion extended into the interface, a plurality of through holes formed on the stop block, and a slot disposed at a rear side of the stop block;

a terminal set, installed at the load carrying portion and into the through hole, and comprised of a plurality of conductive pins, each conductive pin having a first-section pin and a second-section pin, and the first-section pin being installed onto the load carrying portion, and the second-section pin being installed into the through hole and extended into the slot; and

a control module, electrically coupled to the terminal set, and having a printed circuit board electrically coupled to a control unit and a storage unit, and the control unit being electrically coupled to the storage unit; and

a plurality of insert holes being disposed at an end of the printed circuit board for inserting the second-section pin, and another end being electrically coupled to the plurality of conductive pillars.

2. The connector of claim 1, wherein the housing is made of a metal material.

3. The connector of claim 1, wherein the interface includes a plurality of arc stop plates installed around the periphery of the interface.

4. The connector of claim 1, wherein the base is made of a plastic material.

5. The connector of claim 1, wherein the slot includes two corresponding recessions formed on two sidewalls of the slot respectively.

6. The connector of claim 1, wherein the control unit is a microprocessor.

7. The connector of claim 1, wherein the storage unit is a memory.

8. The connector of claim 1, wherein the base further includes a cover coupled to the slot, and the cover is an L-shaped body made of a plastic material and including a first cover plate and a second cover plate, and the first cover plate includes a plurality of penetrating holes formed thereon, and provided for passing through the conductive pillars, and two protrusions disposed on both sides of the first cover plate and coupled to the two recessions respectively.

9. The connector of claim 1, wherein the connector is one selected from the group consisting of a USB connector, a HDMI connector, a Displayport connector, a PS/2 connector, an eSATA connector, a micro-USB connector, a MINI USB connector, and an IEEE1394 connector.