Protective sheath for peripheral cards used in digital devices
First Claim
1. An impact protection device having a first interface configured to conform to a surface of a digital wrist watch portable computer device and a second interface configured to receive a peripheral component, the impact protection device comprised of an impact absorbing material to protect the peripheral component from damage when the peripheral component is coupled to the portable computer device, wherein the peripheral component is a secure digital input/output (SDIO) card and the second interface is configured to receive the SDIO card when the SDIO card is inserted into the portable computer.
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Abstract
A device for protecting peripheral component cards used in portable computers. The user may use a protective sheath over the extended portion of a peripheral card (e.g., Secure digital cards, Secure digital I/O, camera card or the like) which protrude out of the protective casing of a portable computer to protect the peripheral components from accidental damages. The protective sheath is designed to act as a cushion and to absorb forces applied to the peripheral card in case of an accidental drop or when coming into a contact with an external object. The user may carry a plurality of protective sheath, which are adopted to fit a plurality of peripheral component cards.
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26 Claims
- 1. An impact protection device having a first interface configured to conform to a surface of a digital wrist watch portable computer device and a second interface configured to receive a peripheral component, the impact protection device comprised of an impact absorbing material to protect the peripheral component from damage when the peripheral component is coupled to the portable computer device, wherein the peripheral component is a secure digital input/output (SDIO) card and the second interface is configured to receive the SDIO card when the SDIO card is inserted into the portable computer.
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13. An impact protection device having a first interface configured to contact a surface of a digital wrist watch portable computer device, the impact protection device comprised of an impact absorbing material to protect the peripheral component
from damage when the peripheral component is coupled to the portable computer device, wherein the first interface is adapted to receive a portion of peripheral component protruded outside the portable computer.
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23. A system comprising:
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a digital wrist watch portable computer having a first slot provided for receiving a first portion of a peripheral component;
an impact protection device having a second slot provided for receiving a second portion of the peripheral component, wherein a surface of the impact protection device contacts a surface of the portable computer when the first portion of the peripheral component is received by the first slot and the second portion of the peripheral component is received in the second slot;
a peripheral component having a first portion and a second portion;
wherein the first portion is inserted inside the first slot provided for receiving the peripheral component, wherein a portion of the peripheral component protrudes outside the slot provided for receiving the peripheral component. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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Specification
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Current AssigneeQualcomm, Inc.
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Original AssigneePalm, Inc. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
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InventorsBaiko, Terry, Turnbow, Len, Hanson, Bill
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Primary Examiner(s)CHANG, YEAN HSI
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Application NumberUS10/081,354Time in Patent Office1,062 DaysField of Search361683-684, 361/686US Class Current361/679.4CPC Class CodesG06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosur...G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e...G06F 2200/1633 Protecting arrangement for ...H05K 5/026 having standardized interfa...
