Patent ID: 8568151

Claim:
A concealable connector for disposing in a housing of an electronic device, the housing having a base wall and a housing edge that is provided with an opening, said concealable connector comprising: two upright sidewalls spaced apart from each other and disposed on the base wall, the opening being in spatial communication with a space between said upright sidewalls; a guiding groove formed in the base wall and disposed between said upright sidewalls; a guiding rod having a first end that extends slidably into said guiding groove, and a second end; and a sliding module including a casing disposed between said upright sidewalls and formed with an insertion slot, said second end of said guiding rod being pivoted to said casing, said casing being slidable along said guiding groove by means of said guiding rod so as to be slidable relative to said upright sidewalls between a slid-out state, in which said casing projects outwardly of the housing through the opening and said insertion slot is exposed from the housing, and a concealed state, in which said insertion slot is concealed by the housing, a circuit board unit disposed in said casing, and an input/output port connected electrically to said circuit board unit and exposed through said insertion slot; and a spring to provide said casing with a resilient force to slide to the slid-out state, wherein one of said upright sidewalls is provided with a lateral guiding groove that extends in a direction the same as a sliding direction of said casing and is formed with a protruding mechanism which is disposed at one end of said lateral guiding groove distal from the housing edge, said sliding module further including a post projecting from one side of said casing and extending into said lateral guiding groove, and said spring abutting against said protruding mechanism and said post.