Patent Publication Number: US-9837766-B1

Title: USB wireless dongle

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application claims priority to Taiwan Patent Application No. 105116336, filed on May 25, 2016, the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein. 
     FIELD 
     The subject matter herein generally relates to a USB wireless dongle. 
     BACKGROUND 
     Many computer users require wireless internet connectivity in an economical and readily accessible form. Accordingly, a computer may be fitted with a USB wireless dongle to enable the computer to wirelessly access the internet. However, the USB wireless dongle can be susceptible to being easily damaged because it is often repeatedly plugged into and out from the computer. Therefore, there is room for improvement within the art. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       Implementations of the present technology will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the attached figures. 
         FIG. 1  is an isometric view of a USB wireless dongle. 
         FIG. 2  is an alternative isometric view of the USB wireless dongle. 
         FIG. 3  is an exploded view of the USB wireless dongle shown in  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 4  is an alternative view of the USB wireless dongle shown in  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 5  is an exploded view of an adaptor of the USB wireless dongle shown in  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 6  is an alternative view of the adaptor of the USB wireless dongle shown in  FIG. 5 . 
         FIG. 7  is an isometric view of another adaptor of the USB wireless dongle shown in  FIG. 1 . 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     It will be appreciated that for simplicity and clarity of illustration, where appropriate, reference numerals have been repeated among the different figures to indicate corresponding or analogous elements. In addition, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments described herein. However, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the embodiments described herein can be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, methods, procedures, and components have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the related relevant feature being described. The drawings are not necessarily to scale and the proportions of certain parts may be exaggerated to better illustrate details and features. The description is not to be considered as limiting the scope of the embodiments described herein. 
     The term “comprising” means “including, but not necessarily limited to”; it specifically indicates open-ended inclusion or membership in a so-described combination, group, series, and the like. 
       FIGS. 1 and 2  illustrate a USB wireless dongle  100 . The USB wireless dongle  100  includes a dongle  200 , a first connecting member  300 , a second connecting member  400 , and a storage device  500 . The dongle  200  includes a main body  202  and an adaptor  204 . The adapter  204  includes a first mounting enclosure  206  and a first USB plug  208 . The first mounting enclosure  206  is mounted to the main body  202 . The first USB plug  208  is mounted to the first mounting enclosure  206 . The first USB plug  208  plugs into a USB port of an electronic device to enable the electronic device to wirelessly access the internet the dongle  200 . The storage device  500  includes a second mounting enclosure  502  and a second USB plug  504  mounted to the second mounting enclosure  502 . 
     The first connecting member  300  is detachably mounted to the first mounting enclosure  206 . The second connecting member  400  is detachably mounted to the second mounting enclosure  502  and is mounted to the first connecting member  300 . The storage device  500  and the adaptor  204  are positioned adjacent to another. When the first USB plug  208  plugs into one USB port of an electronic device, the storage device  500  can plug into an adjacent USB port of the electronic device to transmit data between the storage device  500  and the electronic device. The storage device  500  may be a USB flash disk. The first connecting member  300  is slidably attached to the second connecting member  400  to adjust a distance between the first connecting member  300  and the second connecting member  400 . 
       FIGS. 3 and 4  illustrate that the first connecting member  300  includes a first fastening member  302  and a locking member  304  mounted to the first fastening member  302 . The first fastening member  302  includes two fastening pieces  306  and a connecting piece  308 . The two fastening pieces  306  are parallel to each other. The connecting piece  308  is perpendicularly connected between a same side end of the two fastening pieces  306 . A hook  310  extends from the other end of each of the two fastening pieces  306 . The two hooks  310  are perpendicular to their fastening pieces  306  and are opposite to each other. The locking member  304  includes two locking pieces  312  and a clamping piece  314 . The two locking pieces  312  are parallel to each other. The clamping piece  314  is perpendicularly connected between a same side end of the two locking pieces  312 . Each locking piece  312  defines a locking hole  316 . The two hooks  310  hook in the two locking holes  316  to form a receiving space (not labeled). The first mounting enclosure  206  is received in the receiving space and is mounted between the connecting piece  308  and the clamping piece  314  to fix the first mounting enclosure  206  to the first connecting member  300 . Two restriction rods  210  protrude from a side of the first mounting enclosure  206 . The two restriction rods  210  are perpendicular to a plug-in direction of the first USB plug. Each of the one fastening piece  306  and the one locking member  312  are mounted to the locking member  306  and abut against their respective two restriction rods  210 . 
     The locking member  304  further includes a restriction piece  320 . The restriction piece  320  perpendicularly extends from a side of the clamping piece  314  away from the locking hole  316 . The restriction piece  320  defines a sliding groove  322  and a number of pairs of locking grooves  324  positioned at the sides of the sliding groove  322 . The sliding groove  322  is positioned between the first mounting enclosure  206  and the second mounting enclosure  502 . The sliding groove  322  extends to an end of the restriction piece  320  away from the clamping piece  314 . 
     The second connecting member  400  includes a second fastening member  402  and a sliding member  404 . The second fastening member  402  is mounted to the second mounting enclosure  502 . The second fastening member  402  includes a fastening plate  406  and a sliding plate  408  slidably attached to the fastening plate  406 . The second mounting enclosure  502  includes a locking portion  520  protruding therefrom. The fastening plate  406  defines a hole  410 . The locking portion  520  fits in the hole  410  to fix the fastening plate  406  to the second mounting enclosure  502 . The fastening plate  406  includes a T-shaped fastening rod  412 . The T-shaped fastening rod  412  is perpendicular to a plug-in direction of the second USB plug  504 . The sliding plate  408  defines sliding notch  414 . The fastening rod  412  is slidably received in the sliding notch  414 . The sliding plate  408  includes a first magnetic piece  416 . The fastening plate  406  includes a second magnetic piece  418 . The first magnetic piece  416  and the second magnetic piece  418  are both parallel to the sliding notch  414 . The first magnetic piece  416  faces and contacts the second magnetic piece  418  to hold the fastening rod  412  in a sliding plane. 
     The sliding member  404  includes a mounting plate  420 , a sliding portion  422  perpendicularly mounted to the mounting plate  420  and a blocking portion  424  perpendicularly mounted to an end of the sliding portion  422  away from the mounting plate  420 . The mounting plate  420  is mounted to the sliding plate  408 . When the sliding plate  408  slides along the direction of the sliding notch  414 , the sliding member  404  also slides, to adjust a distance between the storage device  500  and the dongle  200 . The sliding portion  422  is received in the sliding groove  322 . The sliding portion  422  includes two elastic portions (not labeled). The two elastic portions are opposite to each other and are received in a pair of the locking grooves  324 . Under an external force, the two elastic portions can slide from the pair of the locking grooves  324  to another pair of the locking grooves  324 , to adjust the distance between the storage device  500  and the dongle  200 . The blocking portion  424  is positioned above the sliding groove  322  to prevent the sliding portion  422  sliding out of the sliding groove  322  along a direction perpendicular to the sliding groove  322 . The first connecting member  300  further includes a stopping member  426 . The stopping member  426  is mounted to an end of the restriction piece  320  away from the clamping piece  314  to prevent the sliding portion  422  sliding out of the sliding groove  322  along the sliding groove  322 . 
       FIGS. 5 and 6  illustrate that the first mounting enclosure  206  includes a top enclosure  220  and bottom enclosure  222 . The top enclosure  220  faces and is attached to the bottom enclosure  222  to form a receiving cavity  224 . A circuit board  226  is received in the receiving cavity  224 . The circuit board  226  includes a number of pins  225  and a first connector  228 . The first connector  228  is received in the first mounting enclosure  206  and is visible from the outside of the first mounting enclosure  206 . An end of the top enclosure  220  adjacent to the first USB plug  208  defines a through hole  230 . The first USB plug  208  includes a button  232  and a contacting board  234 . The contacting board  234  includes a number of pins  231 . The pins  231  on the contacting board  234  correspond to the pins  225  on the circuit board  226 . The pins  231  on the contacting board  234  connect to the pins  225  on the circuit board  226  to enable the contacting board  234  to electrically connect the circuit board  226 . An elastic piece  236  abuts against the button  232 . The button  232  fits in the through hole  230 . The button  232  can be pressed to enable the elastic piece  236  to be deformed and to separate from the through hole  230 . Thus, the first USB plug  208  is detachable from the first mounting enclosure  206 . Then, the first USB plug  208  can be replaced with another USB plug.  FIG. 7  illustrates that the first USB plug  208  can be an A-type USB plug. The other USB plug can be a mini USB plug. A mounting mode of the second mounting enclosure  502  when mounting to the second USB plug  504  is similar to the mounting manner of the first mounting enclosure  206  when mounting to the first USB plug  208 . The second USB plug  504  is also detachable from the second mounting enclosure  502 . The second USB plug  504  can be replaced with another USB plug. 
       FIGS. 3 and 4  further illustrate that the storage device  500  includes a second connector  530 . The second connector  530  is mounted in the second mounting enclosure  502  and is visible from the outside of the second mounting enclosure  502 . A cable  350  is mounted to the locking member  304 . Connecting plugs  352  are mounted to ends of cable  350 . The two connecting plugs  352  connect to the first connector  228  and the second connector  530  to enable the storage device  500  to electrically connect to the dongle  200 . 
     The embodiments shown and described above are only examples. Even though numerous descriptions and advantages of the present technology have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the present disclosure, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in the details, including in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of the parts within the principles of the present disclosure, up to and including the full extent established by the broad general meaning of the terms used in the claims.