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US 2002/0001979 A1Published application
Extendable and retractable type 2 PC card and method of operation thereof
OwnerM. Tahir Akram, Karel Jirsainventors
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A PCMCIA card is provided with integrated connectors for standard telephone or LAN or other communication medium for use in corresponding slots of a laptop computer. The card has a first assembly and a second assembly that are movable relative to one another. The card can be operated in a fully contracted position or in a fully extended position or in a number of intermediate positions. In the extended position, the card can be connected to a telephone line or LAN using industry standard cables while occupying only one slot of the laptop leaving the other slot accessible to a second card. In the contracted position the card can be used in a laptop with two standard PCMCIA slots while being fully inside the PCMCIA card slot and connected to a telephone line and/or LAN using industry standard cables. The card has a sliding cover for connectors located at one end thereof
A PCMCIA card for use in a PCMCIA card slot of a laptop computer and a telephone line or LAN with standard cables, said card slot comprising two slots, said card having two assemblies, a first assembly comprising electronic circuitry and a second assembly comprising connectors for receiving line connections, said two assemblies being electrically interconnected to one another and being movable relative to one another, said card having a contracted position and an extended position, said card increasing in length as said assemblies are extended relative to one another, said card being capable of being directly connected to a telephone line or LAN using standard cables while occupying one slot and not preventing access to or from a second slot.
A method of using a PCMCIA card that can be connected to a telephone line or LAN or another communication medium using standard cables, in a corresponding slot of a laptop computer, said laptop having one or two slots, said card having an extended position, said method comprising moving said card to said extended position and inserting said card into an upper slot of said two slots, leaving a lower slot of said two slots accessible, connecting said card to said telephone line or LAN or other communication medium using industry standard cables.
A method of using a PCMCIA card that can be connected to a telephone line, a LAN or another communication medium using industry standard cables, in a corresponding slot of a laptop computer, said laptop having two slots, said card having a fully contracted position corresponding to the standard length of a PCMCIA card and an extended position, said method comprising moving said card to the fully contracted position and inserting the said card into the lower slot of the said two slots, connecting said card to said telephone line or LAN or other communication medium using industry standard cables.
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