Peripheral device for connection with a host
AssigneeSanDisk IL Ltd.
InventorsTavi SALOMON, Jonathan Hubert, Jason Patrick Hanlon, Itzhak Pomerantz
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Abstract
A peripheral device for connecting to a host includes a body and a peripheral connector attached to the body. The peripheral connector is connectable to a connector of the host. The peripheral device is configured to facilitate manual attachment to the host and to impede manual detachment from the host. Also provided a peripheral device that includes a body, a first connector connectable to the host connector and a second connector connectable to a connector of an add-on peripheral device; where the body, the first connector and/or the second connector are configured to facilitate manual attachment to the host and to impede manual detachment from the host.
Claims39
A peripheral device for connecting to a host, the host having a host connector within a recess, the peripheral device comprising:
- (a) a body;
- and
- (b) a peripheral connector attached to said body, said peripheral connector being connectable to the host connector;
- wherein at least one of said body and said peripheral connector is configured to facilitate manual attachment of the peripheral device to the host and to impede manual detachment of the peripheral device from the host.
A peripheral device for connecting to a host, the host having a host connector within a recess, the peripheral device comprising:
- (a) a body;
- (b) a first connector attached to said body, said first connector being connectable to the host connector;
- and
- (c) a second connector attached to said body, said second connector being connectable to the connector of an add-on peripheral device;
- wherein at least one of said body, said first connector and said second connector is configured to facilitate manual attachment of the peripheral device to the host and to impede manual detachment of the peripheral device from the host when the add-on peripheral device is being pulled from the second connector.
A peripheral device adapted to connect a card reader to a host, the host having a host connector that includes a USB interface and a PCIe interface, and the card reader being configured to use PCIe signals, the peripheral device comprising:
- (a) a first connector, which is connectable to the host connector;
- (b) a second connector, which is connectable to a card reader connector;
- and
- (c) an interface that is configured to transfer the PCIe signals between said first connector and said second connector,
- wherein the peripheral device is compatible with the USB interface.
A peripheral device connectable to a host, the host having a host connector that includes a USB interface and a PCIe interface, the peripheral device comprising:
- (a) a storage portion operative to communicate with the host at the host connector using the signals that traverse the USB interface;
- and
- (b) a reader portion operative to communicate with the host at the host connector using the signals that traverse the PCIe interface.
A system of peripheral devices for sharing a single host connector, the system comprising:
- (a) a peripheral device configured to communicate with the host at the host connector using first signals that comply with a PCIe protocol, said peripheral device having:
- (i) a first peripheral device connector that is connectable to the host connector,
- (ii) a second peripheral device connector;
- and
- (iii) a bridge that is configured to transfer signals between said first peripheral device connector and said second peripheral device connector;
- and
- (b) an add-on peripheral device that is configured to communicate with the host at the host connector using second signals that comply with a USB protocol and that traverse said bridge of said peripheral device, said add-on peripheral device having:
- (i) an add-on device connector that is connectable to said second peripheral device connector.
A method of securing connection of a peripheral device and a host, the method comprising:
- (a) providing a peripheral device having a body and a connector being connectable to the host;
- and
- (b) configuring at least one of the body and the connector to facilitate manual attachment of the peripheral device to the host and to impede manual detachment of the peripheral device from the host.
The method of claim 31 further comprising:
- (c) controlling the host to communicate with the peripheral device.
A method of securing connection of a peripheral device and a host, the method comprising:
- (a) providing a peripheral device having a body, a first connector attached to the body and a second connector attached to the body, wherein the first connector being connectable to a host connector and the second connector being connectable to a connector of an add-on peripheral device;
- and
- (b) configuring at least one of the body, the first connector and the second connector to facilitate manual attachment of the peripheral device to the host and to impede manual detachment of the peripheral device from the host when the add-on peripheral device is being pulled from the second connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.