Electrical connectors – Connector movable between accessible and inaccessible positions
Patent
1998-06-18
1999-11-02
Abrams, Neil
Electrical connectors
Connector movable between accessible and inaccessible positions
H01R 1344
Patent
active
059759275
ABSTRACT:
A communications card is provided having a plurality of communications ports, capable of receiving and being placed in electrical communication with a media connector, that are pivotably maneuverable from within a housing of the communications card, a closed position, to a position outside of the card, an open position, to reveal the communications ports. In a preferred embodiment, the communications card has an upper and lower planar surface from which an elongate member pivots about a pivot means between the open and closed positions. A rail insertably mated with a channel of the elongate member is provided to guide the elongate member between the open and closed positions. A spring and a cam pin act in apposition against the elongate member to maintain the elongate member in each of the open and closed positions. A tab formed in the upper and planar surfaces is provided to reveal a portion of the elongate member so that a user can depress the elongate member to cause the elongate member to maneuver from the closed to the open position and vice versa. The communications card also has a printed circuit board capable of being placed in electrical communication with a host computer. The printed circuit board is also in electrical communication with the apertures by an electrical connection means to ultimately connect the media connector, attached to a communications line, with the computer.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5494449 (1996-02-01), Chioo
patent: 5727972 (1998-03-01), Aldous et al.
IBM,Pivotable RJ-11 Style Connector, IBM Technical disclosure Bulletin vol 38 #4 p.355.
3Com Corporation
Abrams Neil
Duverne J. F.
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