Patent ID: 6116962
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: H01R,H05K,Y10S

Abstract:
A device for use in a host system having a PCMCIA Type III standard slot, the device being adapted to connect the host system to an information transfer system, the device comprising:a housing having longitudinal sides, a transverse front end and a rear portion, at least the rear portion of the housing having a thickness conforming substantially to the PCMCIA Type III standard;a substrate enclosed within the housing, the substrate carrying circuit elements and including a rear margin within the rear portion of the housing;a connector at the front end of the housing connected to circuit elements on the substrate and adapted to mate with a corresponding connector within the slot of the host system;a contact block mounted on the rear margin of the substrate, the contact block having an overall height within the thickness confines of the rear portion of the housing, the contact block having a plurality of side-by-side contact wire sections, each section being adapted to carry a plurality of contact wires; anda forwardly extending receptacle defined by the rear portion of the housing, the receptacle being sized and configured to receive an RJ-type standard connector plug having a plurality of contacts, the receptacle being in longitudinal alignment with one of the contact wire sections of the contact block, at least the one contact wire section carrying a plurality of contact wires, each of said contact wires having a first portion connected to circuit elements on the substrate and a second portion extending into the receptacle, the second portion of each contact wire being shaped and positioned for engagement with a corresponding contact on the connector plug, the contacts on the plug being adapted to engage the second portions of the contact wires in the receptacle when the plug is inserted in the receptacle, wherein the device is adapted to be directly connectable to the information transfer system utilizing the standard connector plug.