Electrical connectors – With coupling movement-actuating means or retaining means in... – Having push-pull contacts spaced along only one planar side...
Reexamination Certificate
1999-12-16
2001-06-05
Sircus, Brian (Department: 2839)
Electrical connectors
With coupling movement-actuating means or retaining means in...
Having push-pull contacts spaced along only one planar side...
Reexamination Certificate
active
06241546
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to an electronic device, such as a computer, which has a housing adapted for mounting with differently-sized socket connectors while obviating the need for forming mounting holes of different sizes.
2. Description of the Related Art
An electronic device, such as a notebook computer, has a housing which is formed with a mounting hole for mounting a network socket connector. As there are various socket connectors which are commonly used and which have different sizes, differently-sized mounting holes have to be formed in the computer housing so as to be able to mount different socket connectors.
FIG. 1
shows an IEEE 1394 socket connector
12
, a local area network (LAN) socket connector
13
and a modem socket connector
14
, which have different sizes. Conventionally, a computer housing
1
is formed with a mounting hole
11
suitable for mounting of only one of the socket connectors
12
,
13
,
14
. Thus, the connector mounted on the computer housing
1
cannot be replaced with a different one for expanded use of the computer. In addition, the manufacture of computer housings
1
with differently-sized mounting holes
11
requires different molds that lead to an increased manufacturing cost.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device having a housing adapted for mounting with differently-sized network socket connectors while obviating the need for forming mounting holes of different sizes.
Accordingly, the electronic device of the present invention includes a socket connector, a housing, a mounting frame, a socket retaining unit, and a frame retaining unit. The socket connector has a front connector mating portion adapted for mating with a complementary electrical connector, and a rear circuit connecting portion. The housing has a side wall formed with a mounting hole which is larger than a cross-sectional size of the socket connector. The mounting frame is disposed around the socket connector, and extends through the mounting hole. The socket retaining unit is provided on the socket connector and the mounting frame, and retains the socket connector on the mounting frame. The frame retaining unit is provided on the mounting frame and the housing, and retains the mounting frame on the housing.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5118311 (1992-06-01), Margini
patent: 5299943 (1994-04-01), Shieh
Hsu Yuan-An
Lee Chung-Pi
Compal Electronics Inc.
Nasri Javaid
Pillsbury & Winthrop LLP
Sircus Brian
LandOfFree
Electronic device having a housing adapted for mounting with... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Electronic device having a housing adapted for mounting with..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Electronic device having a housing adapted for mounting with... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-2445382