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US 4,543,450 AGranted
Integrated connector and modem
OwnerRandy Brandtinventor
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Abstract
A data communication device which includes a terminal housing having a terminal connector forming a part thereof, with a modem located in the housing so as to be physically and electrically connected to a data terminal or computer when the terminal connector is connected to the data terminal or computer. A telephone cable having a plug means at one end so as to connect to a modular telephone is connected via its other end to the housing so as to be electrically connected to the modem.
Claims8
A data communication device which comprises:
- a connector housing;
- a portion of said connector housing forming a terminal connector for physically and electrically connecting said connector housing to an input/output interface port of a data terminal or a computer;
- together said connector housing and said terminal connector sized and shaped so as to be supportable on said interface port by said terminal connector;
- a modem means sized and shaped so as to be located in the interior of said connector housing in direct electrical association with said terminal connector;
- a phone cable having ends, one of said ends attachable to said connector housing in electrical association with said modem means, the other of said ends including a phone connector plug means for electrically connecting said cable to a modular telephone set.
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