Patent ID: 7383062
Filing Date: 2008-06-03
Classification: H01Q,H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless PC card for a computer, the computer including a socket having a width and a height, comprising: a housing portion terminating in an end configured to extend outside the socket when the PC card is received in the socket, the housing portion including a width and a lens separated a distance from the end, proximal of the end, the lens having an incurved and concave facing upward configuration and extending substantially the entire width of the housing portion and the socket; a light pipe housed by the housing portion; a substantially flat plug portion extending integrally from the housing portion and configured to be received by the socket of the computer for communicating the PC card with the computer; an antenna for sending and receiving a wireless signal connected to the housing portion; a circuit board including an illumination device and electronics configured to cause the illumination device to emit flashing illumination, causing the lens to emit flashing illumination via the light pipe while the PC card searches for a wireless signal and configured to cause the illumination device to emit steady state illumination, causing the lens to emit steady state illumination via the light pipe while the PC card maintains a sufficient wireless signal connection.