Method of making an expandable and collapsible peripheral device
OwnerJonathan Hubert, Jason P. Hanlon +1inventors
InventorsJonathan Hubert, Jason P. Hanlon, Kevin M. Conley
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Abstract
An expandable and collapsible peripheral device is disclosed, along with methods of manufacturing same. When in an expanded state, the peripheral device may have a length which conforms to the ExpressCard standard, and when in a collapsed state, the peripheral device may have a form factor approximating that of a CompactFlash card. Peripheral devices of the present invention may operate according to standards other than the ExpressCard standard, and may have sizes in the expanded and collapsed positions unrelated to ExpressCards and/or CompactFlash cards.
Claims20
A method making a peripheral device, the peripheral device including an enclosure defining a hollow interior space and a card having an integrated circuit for communication with one or more host devices, the card positioned within the interior space defined by the enclosure, the method comprising the step of:
- (a) mounting the enclosure to the card so the card remains permanently affixed to the enclosure and so the enclosure is capable of moving from a first position with respect to the card to a second position with respect to the card to change a combined length of the enclosure and card together.
A method of making a peripheral device, the peripheral device including an enclosure defining a hollow interior space and a card having an integrated circuit for communication with one or more host devices, the card positioned within the interior space defined by the enclosure, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) movably mounting the card within the enclosure;
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- (b) biasing the card from a first position with respect to the enclosure into a second position with respect to the enclosure by a mechanism within the enclosure, the first position being different than the second position.
A method of making a peripheral device, the peripheral device including a card having an integrated circuit for communication with one or more host devices, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) mounting the card within a hollow space of an enclosure movable between a first position with respect to the enclosure where the enclosure and card together have a length approximating a CompactFlash card, and a second position with respect to the enclosure where the enclosure and card together have a length approximating an ExpressCard, the first length being different than the second length;
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- (b) biasing the card into the second position with respect to the enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.