Patent ID: 7239935

Claim:
A pluggable external wireless receiver module for a sewing machine, the sewing machine including a machine body, a motor disposed in the machine body, and a connector mounted on and accessible externally of the machine body, said pluggable external wireless receiver module comprising: a housing; a power terminal unit mounted on said housing and adapted for connection to a power source; a receiver device mounted in said housing and including a receiver unit adapted for receiving a wireless control signal, a processing unit connected to said receiver unit for processing the control signal received by said receiver unit, and a driving unit connected to said processing unit and said power terminal unit, said driving unit being controlled by said processing unit in accordance with the control signal received by said receiver unit so as to generate a corresponding motor control output; and a control terminal unit mounted on said housing, connected to said driving unit of said receiver device, and adapted for connection to the connector of the sewing machine, thereby transmitting the motor control output from said driving unit to the sewing machine for controlling operation of the motor of the sewing machine accordingly.