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Express card adapter card

US7059913B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 31, 2005
Grant dateJun 13, 2006
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Expiry dateMay 31, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S439/945
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An Express Card adapter card structured from a plastic frame, a connector and two metal covers, and characterized, in that front and rear ends of the plastic frame are provided with an Express Card insertion opening and a placement area for installing a connector respectively. Two side outer edges of each of the metal covers are respectively provided with inwardly bent hook strips, which enable hooking within the corresponding grooves. Internal edges of each of the metal covers are provided with a plurality of catch hooks, a grounding elastic strip and a hook portion. According to the aforementioned structure, it is not only convenient and economical to manufacture, moreover, after rigid fixing, the firm structure assures the Express Card adapter card will not easily come apart.

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