PORTABLE CONNECTOR DEVICE

• US 20110312197A1
• Filed: 09/24/2010
• Published: 12/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: LI, WEN-PING
• Application Number:
  US12/889,609
• Publication Number:
  US 20110312197A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/142
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0278 of USB type details relating to connectors H01R27/00

Abstract

An exemplary embodiment of a portable connector device includes a cap member and a main body rotating relative to the member. The main body includes a connector. The portable connector device further includes a connecting structure for connecting the cap member and the main body. The connecting structure connects the cap member and the main body, allowing a limited angle of rotation, to close or open the cap member to the connector.

Claims

1. A portable connector device, comprising:

a cap member;

a main body; and

a connecting structure for connecting the cap member and the main body, wherein the cap member is rotatably connected relative to the main body about the connecting structure to close or open one end of the main body.

2. The portable connector device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cap member comprises a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and an end wall, the first sidewall and the second sidewall are parallel positioned at opposite sides of the cap member, and the end wall is perpendicularly connected between the first sidewall and the second sidewall.

3. The portable connector device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first sidewall comprises a plurality of parallel flange sections protruding from the surface of the first sidewall, the flange sections for increasing a user'"'"'s grip on the cap member.

4. The portable connector device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the cap member defines a receiving space located at the middle or adjacent the middle of the end wall, the receiving space passes through the end wall, and the main body comprises a connector, the cap member rotates relative to the main body to expose or cover the connector.

5. The portable connector device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the main body further comprises a base member, the base member comprises an end surface and a recess surface recessed from the end surface, and the end surface is connected to the recess surface to form a step-shaped surface.

6. The portable connector device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the base member is capable of storing different functional circuits and the connector protrudes out from the end surface and is electrically connected to the functional circuits to transmit different data.

7. The portable connector device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the connecting structure comprises a first leaf, a second leaf, and a hinge pin, the first leaf and the second leaf rotate relative to each other about the hinge pin, and the first leaf and the second leaf are connected to the second sidewall of the cap member and one side of the main body.

8. The portable connector device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the first leaf comprises a hollow first protrusion, and the second leaf comprises a hollow second protrusion, the hinge pin passes through and is received within the first barrel and the second protrusion.

9. The portable connector device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the first barrel and the second protrusion are mounted on the recess surface, and their heights are substantially equal to the height difference between the recess surface and the end surface to open or close the cap member and insert the connector.

10. The portable connector device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the portable connector device is a wireless network interface controller, and the connecting structure is made from insulating materials to prevent connecting structure generating radio frequency interference when the portable connector device in use.

20. The portable connector device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the portable connector device is a wireless network interface controller, and the connecting structure is made from insulating materials to prevent the connecting structure generating radio frequency interference when the portable connector device in use.

11. A portable connector device, comprising:

a cap member;

a main body rotating relative to the cap member, the main body comprising a connector; and

a connecting structure for connecting the cap member and the main body, wherein the connecting structure connects the cap member and the main body, allowing a limited angle of rotation, to close or open the cap member to the connector.

12. The portable connector device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the cap member comprises a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and an end wall, and the first sidewall and the second sidewall are parallel positioned at opposite sides of the cap member, the end wall is perpendicularly connected between the first sidewall and the second sidewall.

13. The portable connector device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the first sidewall comprises a plurality of parallel flange sections protruding from the surface of the first sidewall, the flange sections for increasing a user'"'"'s grip on the cap member.

14. The portable connector device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the cap member defines a receiving space located at the middle or adjacent the middle of the end wall, the receiving space passes through the end wall, and the cap member rotates relative to the main body to remove the connector out or in the receiving space.

15. The portable connector device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the main body further comprises a base member, the base member comprises an end surface and a recess surface recessed from the end surface, and the end surface is connected to the recess surface to form a step-shaped surface.

16. The portable connector device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the base member is capable of storing different functional circuits and the connector protrudes out from the end surface and is electrically connected to the functional circuits to transmit different data.

17. The portable connector device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the connecting structure comprises a first leaf, a second leaf, and a hinge pin, the first leaf and the second leaf rotate relative to each other about the hinge pin, and the first leaf and the second leaf are connected to the second sidewall of the cap member and one side of the main body.

18. The portable connector device as claimed in claim 17, wherein the first leaf comprises a first protrusion, and the second leaf comprises a second protrusion, the first barrel comprises a through hole, and the second protrusion comprise a through hole, the hinge pin passes through and is received within the through holes.

19. The portable connector device as claimed in claim 17, wherein the first barrel and the second protrusion are mounted on the recess surface, and their heights are substantially equal to the height difference between the recess surface and the end surface to open or close the cap member and insert the connector.