Patent ID: 6183307
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: H01R,H05K,Y10S

Abstract:
A device adapted to be received by a slot in a host system for connecting the host system to an information transfer system, the device comprising:a housing having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the housing having a longitudinal center line, parallel, longitudinally extending sides, a transverse front end and a rear end, the first portion of the housing further having a width conforming substantially to the PCMCIA card width standard and a height conforming substantially to the PCMCIA Type II card thickness standard, the second portion of the housing projecting rearwardly from the rear end of the first portion of the housing and having a height greater than that of the first portion of the housing and including at least one receptacle incorporating electrical contacts and adapted to receive a standard communications plug having electrical contacts for engaging the receptacle contacts whereby the device is directly connectable to the information transfer system, the second portion of the housing being positioned to one side of the longitudinal centerline and having a width no greater than one-half the width of the first portion of the housing;a substrate enclosed within the housing, the substrate carrying circuit elements, the receptacle contacts being connected to circuit elements on the substrate; anda device connector mounted at the transverse front end of the first portion of the housing, the connector being electrically connected to circuit elements on the substrate and adapted to mate with a corresponding host connector within the slot of the host system.