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System and method of a computer card slot and bezel

US7309016B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 16, 2004
Grant dateDec 18, 2007
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Expiry dateJan 7, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F1/183
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and related method of a computer card slot and a bezel. Some of the exemplary embodiments may be a portable computer comprising a computer card slot accessible through an aperture in a housing of the portable computer, a card reader electrically coupled within the computer card slot, and a bezel mechanically abutting an outer end of the card reader (at least a portion of an outer face of the bezel substantially coplanar with the housing). The computer card slot comprises a computer card ejection actuation mechanism proximate to the aperture in the first side, and wherein the bezel at least partially covers the ejection actuation mechanism.

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