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PC card for electronic devices

  • US 6,518,927 B2
  • Filed: 08/06/2001
  • Issued: 02/11/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A PC card for insertion in a front longitudinal direction into a slot of a portable computer or other electronic device to connect to device contacts of a device connector, where the PC card has front and rear card ends, said PC card including a front connector lying at said card front end and having a plurality of connector contacts, a circuit board with a board front end having traces connected to said connector contacts and a board rear end, a housing that lies above and below most of said circuit board, said housing having opposite housing sides lying at opposite sides of said circuit board and a housing rear end lying rearward of said circuit board, wherein:

  • said housing includes top and bottom sheet metal plates, and said housing rear end has an opening; and

    including an antenna which is moveable from a stowed position wherein most of said antenna lies in said housing, and a first deployed position wherein said antenna has been moved at least partially through said housing rear end opening to a position where most of said antenna lies rearward of said housing rear end.

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