Patent ID: 7009847
Filing Date: 2006-03-07
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector concealment mechanism for use with a computer peripheral device equipped with an external connector and installed within a casing for the connector to be concealable into the casing of the computer peripheral device when not in use, and ejectable out of the casing for use to connect the computer peripheral device to a computer unit; the connector concealment mechanism comprising: a housing structure, which is provided within the casing of the computer peripheral device for accommodating the connector; a pivotal structure, which pivotally mounts one end of the connector inside the housing structure for the connector to be pivotally turnable between an internal position within the housing structure and an external position outside the housing structure; and a push-type ejecting device, which is mounted inside the housing structure, and which includes a push button and an ejecting mechanism, wherein the push button is functionally linked to the ejecting mechanism to be switchable between an inwardly-pressed state and an outwardly-ejected state when being pressed so that when the connector is concealed inside the housing structure and being pressed by an external force, it causes the connector to press against the push button and thereby cause the push button to be ejected out by the ejecting mechanism, thereby pushing the concealed connector to the outside of the casing.