Electrical connectors – Contact comprising cutter – Insulation cutter
Patent
1998-08-25
2000-04-04
Paumen, Gary F.
Electrical connectors
Contact comprising cutter
Insulation cutter
439676, 439596, 439701, H01R 424
Patent
active
060453931
ABSTRACT:
A PCMCIA card includes a support, circuit components for providing faxmodem functions with respect to the support, a housing containing at least part of the support, a retractable cord mechanism at least partly contained in the housing for connecting the electronic component with an external device for communications therewith, the retractable cord mechanism including a cord and a storage mechanism for storing at least part of the cord in the housing, and a foldable connector coupled to the cord for storage in the card and for pulling from the card for connecting to the external device. The foldable connector includes a main body portion and a supplemental body portion which releasably and pivotably attach to one another. Alternate embodiments use optical or radio signal coupling from the PCMCIA card and all embodiments do not require a separate telephone connector to a telephone wall jack.
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Catalog p. 7058; AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA. 17105.
Click Technologies, Inc.
Paumen Gary F.
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