Patent ID: 6183308
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
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, the rear portion of the housing defining a forwardly extending receptacle sized and configured to receive an RJ-type standard connector plug having a plurality of contacts;a substrate enclosed within the housing, the substrate carrying circuit elements;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; anda contact block disposed within the rear portion of the housing, the contact block having an overall height within the thickness confines of the rear portion of the housing, the contact block having a top portion and a plurality of side-by-side contact wire sections, each contact wire section being adapted to carry a plurality of contact wires connected to circuit elements on the substrate, 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 the plurality of contact wires carried by the one contact wire section including a generally vertically oriented, U-shaped part extending rearwardly into the receptacle, the U-shaped part of each of the plurality of contact wires having an upper leg and a lower leg, the upper leg being generally horizontal and extending rearwardly from the top portion of the contact block and having a rear extremity, the lower leg extending forwardly from the rear extremity of the upper leg and having a free forward end, the lower leg being shaped and positioned for spring biased engagement with a corresponding contact on the connector plug 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 RJ-type connector plug.