Portable memory device with protective cap
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorsMao-Lin Lei, Jia-Yong He, Qi-Jun Zhao, Yu-Long Mao
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Abstract
A portable storage device (1) includes a memory device with a USB mating port (20) and a protective cap (30) detachably mated with the USB mating port in a mating direction. The USB mating port has an engagement portion (211). The protective cap includes a case (31) for receiving the USB mating port and a latching member (32) on the case. The latching defines a retaining portion (324) thereon to engage with the engagement portion (211) of the USB mating port. The latching member is movable between a disengaged position and an engaged position in the mating direction to thereby engage/disengage the mating port with/from the cap.
Claims20
A portable memory device, comprising:
- a memory unit with a mating port, the mating port comprising an outer metal shell with an engagement portion defined therein;
- a protective cap detachably mated with the mating port in a mating direction, comprising:
- a case defining a mating opening at a front end thereof, the mating opening configured to mate with the mating port;
- and
- a latching member defined on the case, the latching member defining a retaining portion thereon to engage with the engagement portion of the mating port and being movable with respect to the case between a disengaged position and an engaged position different from the engaged position;
- during inserting the mating port into the cap, the latching member moving with the inserting mating port from the disengaged position toward the engaged position where the retaining portion engages with the engagement portion;
- and
- during detaching the mating port from the cap, the latching member moving with the detaching mating port from the engaged position toward the disengaged position where the retaining portion disengages from the engagement portion.
An electrical connector assembly, comprising:
- an electronic device defining a mating port surrounded by an outer metal shell, the metal shell having an engagement portion defined therein;
- a case adapted for receiving the mating port, the case defining a mating opening configured to mate with the mating port in a mating direction;
- and
- a latching member defining a retaining portion engagable with the engagement portion and being movably associated with the case in the mating direction to thereby engage/disengage the assembly of the electronic device and the case.
An electrical connector assembly, comprising:
- an electronic device defining a mating port surrounded by an outer metal shell, the metal shell having an engagement portion defined therein;
- a case adapted for receiving the mating port, the case defining a mating opening configured to mate with the mating port in a mating direction;
- and
- a latching member defining a retaining portion engagable with the engagement portion and being associated with the case and deflectable in a lateral direction perpendicular to the mating direction with a locked position and an unlocked position in said lateral direction to thereby engage/disengage the electronic device with/from the case;
- wherein
- locking structures are formed on said latching member and said case to secure the latching member and said case in position when said latching member latches said electronic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.