Patent ID: 7377448
Filing Date: 2008-05-27
Classification: G06K,G11B

Abstract:
1. A card device for connection to a USB receptacle, the card device comprising a substantially rectangular body formed from flexible material and including: (a) electronic circuitry; (b) a set of electrical contacts deployed on a surface of a first region of said body and electrically connected to said electronic circuitry; and (c) at least one preformed fold line passing adjacent to said first region and defining a line for folding a corresponding second region of said body relative to said first region of said body from a flat state to a folded state, wherein said set of electrical contacts and said at least one preformed fold line are configured such that, when said body is folded along said at least one preformed fold line, said first and second regions form a plug configuration sized for insertion into the USB receptacle with said electrical contacts positioned to contact electrical contacts of the USB receptacle, and such that a resilient bias of said second region to return to said flat state generates a contact force of said electrical contacts against contacts of the USB receptacle.