USB device with integrated USB plug with USB-substrate supporter inside

A portable Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) flash device comprising:

• a printed-circuit board assembly (PCBA) having a circuit board with wiring traces, and an integrated circuit mounted to the circuit board;
• a housing for holding the PCBA, the housing having a first opening that is sufficiently large to allow the PCBA to pass through;
• a USB metal wrap attached to the housing;
• an extension end of the circuit board, the extension end for fitting through the housing and for fitting within the USB metal wrap;
• USB metal contacts formed on the extension end of the circuit board, the USB metal contacts forming a serial-data bus to a host;
• a plug supporter that fits inside the USB metal wrap, for supporting the extension end of the circuit board within the USB metal wrap;
• rear locking tabs on the plug supporter that lock the plug supporter in position within the USB metal wrap;
• side tabs formed on sides of the plug supporter;
• side slots formed on sides of the USB metal wrap, for receiving the side tabs of the plug supporter to fix the plug supporter in place within the USB metal wrap;
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• top tabs formed on the plug supporter, for engaging the extension end of the circuit board, whereby the plug supporter supports the extension end of the circuit board within the USB metal wrap.

A Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) device comprising:

• a printed-circuit board assembly (PCBA) having a circuit board with wiring traces formed thereon, and an integrated circuit mounted to the circuit board;
• housing means for housing the circuit board, the housing means having first opening means for allowing the circuit board to be inserted into the housing means during assembly;
• USB wrap means, attached to the housing means, the USB wrap means forming a perimeter of an integrated USB plug;
• an extension end of the circuit board, the extension end being shaped to fit inside the USB wrap means when the circuit board is inserted into the housing means during assembly;
• USB metal contact means, formed on a top surface of the circuit board on the extension end of the circuit board, for making physical and electrical contact with metal contacts in a USB socket when the integrated USB plug is inserted into the USB socket;
• plug supporter means, sized to fit within the USB wrap means, for supporting the extension end of the circuit board within the USB wrap means;
• side slots extending from a front opening of the USB wrap means;
• side tab means, formed on sides of the plug supporter means, for engaging the side slots when the plug supporter means is inserted into the USB wrap means during assembly;
• wherein the side tab means provide support to the plug supporter means within the USB wrap means,
• whereby the plug supporter means supports the extension end of the circuit board within the USB wrap means.