Package for an infrared communications adapter

A package for an infrared communications adapter including a circuit board having communications circuitry thereon including an infrared transceiver, said circuit arranged to interface with a data port by means of an electrical cable, said package comprising:

• (a) an upper housing half and a lower housing half, each of which includes features that cooperate and are the sole means to position and interlock said housing halves together thereby forming a housing assembly having an interior cavity for holding said circuit board therein, said interior cavity having a longitudinal axis extending through said infrared transceiver near a first end of said cavity;
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• (b) a light pipe of unitary construction arranged adjacent said first end of said cavity and having at least two substantially discrete light conducting channels, each of which receives light from a respective light emitting diode on said circuit board, and conducts said light to an opening in one of said upper and lower housing halves which is observable from a position outside of said communications adapter.

A package for an infrared communications adapter including a circuit board having communications circuitry thereon arranged to interface with a data port, said package including an upper housing half and a lower housing half, each of which includes features that cooperate to position and interlock said housing halves together thereby forming a housing assembly having an interior cavity for holding said circuit board, said package including a cable organizer comprising:

• (a) a first opening through an end of said package, a portion of said opening being in each of said upper and lower housing halves and extending into said interior cavity, said opening arranged to receive a cable therethrough for interconnecting to said circuit board;
• (b) a second opening in said end of said package having a longitudinal axis that is substantially perpendicular to said first opening, intersecting said first opening, and extending on each side of said first opening, said second opening arranged to interferingly receive and hold a portion of said cable so that said cable extends out of said first opening and then is turned at right angles thereto and is held in said second opening on either side of said first opening.

A package for an infrared communications adapter including a circuit board having communications circuit thereon including an infrared transceiver, said circuit arranged to interface with a data port by means of electrical cable, said package comprising:

• an upper housing half and a lower housing half interlockable together thereby forming a housing assembly holding the circuit board in an interior cavity having a longitudinal axis extending through said infrared transceiver and an infrared transparent window at an end of said cavity, and
• said package includes a light pipe adjacent said end of said cavity and having at least two substantially discrete light conducting channels, each of which receives light from a respective light emitting diode on said circuit board, and conducts said light through facets in openings in the housing assembly which is observable from a position outside of said adapter.

The package as set forth in claim 33 wherein said cylindrically shaped cavity terminates in a spherically shaped end wall that is engaged and deformed by a portion of said ball shaped member to provide said static resistance in cooperation with said interior cylindrically shaped cavity that is conformably deformed by said ball shaped member, said cylindrical opening includes a key slot in said lower housing half and said grommet includes a projection extending into said key slot to secure said grommet against rotation with respect to said lower housing half, and said grommet includes an enlarged portion larger than said outer diameter, having a shoulder in abutting engagement with said lower housing half.