Data card

• US 8,085,544 B2
• Filed: 04/20/2011
• Issued: 12/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhao, Shuai
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Xiaoliang
• Application Number:
  US13/090,856
• Publication Number:
  US 20110188211A1
• Time in Patent Office: 251 Days
• Field of Search: 361/737, 361/679.21, 361/679.32, 361/752, 361/727, 439/79, 439/135, 439/136, 439/159, 439/638, 348/725, 365/52, 343/702, 235/441
• US Class Current: 361/737
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/447 Shutter or cover plate
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2201/02 for antennas

Abstract

A data card includes a casing, a circuit board in the casing, a plug electrically connected with the circuit board and a cap part capable of covering the plug; wherein one end of the casing is provided with the plug; a card slot is defined in the casing at a joint of the casing and the plug, and the cap part covers a notch of the card slot when the plug is inserted into the cap part. The invention is mainly used in wireless data signal receiving or transmitting device.

Claims

1. A data card, comprising:

a casing;

a circuit board in the casing;

a plug electrically connected with the circuit board; and

a cap part capable of covering the plug;

wherein one end of the casing is provided with the plug;

a card slot is defined in the casing at a joint of the casing and the plug, and the cap part covers a notch of the card slot when the plug is inserted into the cap part;

the data card further comprises a connecting part;

one end of the connecting part is connected with the casing while the other end is connected with the cap part, and the cap part covers the plug by insertion, socket or slide connection;

wherein;

the connecting part is a guide rod, one end of the guide rod is connected with the casing, the other end of the guide rod is connected with the cap part through the guide slot defined on a side of the cap part or inside the cap part, and the cap part slides along the guide rod to cover the plug.

2. The data card according to claim 1, wherein:

the card slot is for receiving a Subscriber Identity Model Card (SIM Card).

3. The data card according to claim 2, wherein:

the card slot is electrically connected with the circuit board, and the circuit board reads the data information of the SIM Card through the card slot.

4. The data card according to claim 2, wherein:

the plug is a Universal Serial BUS (USB) plug.