PC card including a jack for a connector

• US 5,692,914 A
• Filed: 12/27/1995
• Issued: 12/02/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Ishimoto, Shin-ichi, Mitani, Hidenori
• Primary Examiner(s): Abrams, Neil
• Application Number:
  US08/579,520
• Time in Patent Office: 706 Days
• Field of Search: 439/76.1, 439/501, 439/638, 439/676, 439/946, 439/131
• US Class Current: 439/131
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/639 Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement, e.g. separate keylock, retainer strap
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/72 Means for accommodating flexible lead within the holder
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/62 Sliding engagements with one side only, e.g. modular jack coupling devices
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 31/06 Intermediate parts for linking two coupling parts, e.g. adapter with a holder adapted for supporting apparatus to which its counterpart is attached H01R33/94
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0273 having extensions for peripherals, e.g. LAN, antennas details of antennas H01Q1/2275
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 439/946 Memory card cartridge

Abstract

A PC card, for example, a modem card for a notebook computer, includes a card body having a recess accessible through an opening in an end surface of the card body. A jack for receiving an electrical connector is movable between a stored position within the recess inside the card body and a position extending out of the card body for connection to a plug. The jack may include a pair of jaws that spread apart when the jack extends outside of the card body and that approach each other when the jack is stored in the card body. The jack may include projections for engaging notches on a front surface of a standard plug and a pair of projections for grasping a wall separating indentations on a bottom surface of the standard plug.

Claims

1. A PC card comprising:

a card body having a recess and an end surface including an opening providing access to the recess; and

a jack movable between a stowed position inside the card body and a jutting position extending outside the card body through the opening, the jack having an upper jaw and a lower jaw, the jaws comprising flexible members, the jaws being open in the jutting position for receiving a plug and closing upon movement from the open position to the stowed position within the recess.

2. The PC card according to claim 1, wherein the jack includes a base having projections on a front end for engaging positioning notches on a front surface of a plug and a holder including a pair of projections extending from the base for grasping a board of the plug, the board separating two indentations at a back surface of the plug.

3. The PC card according to claim 1 wherein the lower jaw includes a protrusion mateable with an indentation in the lower surface of the plug.

4. A PC card comprising:

a card body having a recess and an end surface having an opening providing access to the recess;

add

a jack extending from the opening for connection with a plug including two positioning notches on a front surface and two indentations separated by a board at a lower surface, the jack having a base including projections proximate a front end for engaging the positioning notches when the plug is connected to the jack and a holder including a pair of projections extending from a back end of the base for grasping the board when the plug is connected to the jack.

5. The PC card according to claim 4, wherein the jack is movable between a stowed position inside the card body and a jutting position jutting out of the card body through the opening.