Rotating turret side-entry retractable jack

An extendable media connector of a type-III PCMCIA card having an electric circuit therein, said connector for coupling with an RJ-Series media plug having a body, a retention clip, and contact pins, the extendable media connector comprising:

• (a) a frame having an aperture extending into a side of the frame that is configured to receive the body of the RJ-Series media plug, wherein the frame is rotatably mounted to the type-III PCMCIA card and slidably retractable into the type-III PCMCIA card;
• (b) a rotatable electrical interface attached to the frame such that any rotation of the frame causes an equal rotation of the rotatable electrical interface with respect to said card, said rotatable electrical interface retracting and extending with said frame;
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• (c) electrical contacts that bias against the contact pins of the media plug when the body of the media plug is inserted into the aperture of the frame.

A communications card device comprising:

• (a) a housing;
• (b) an extendable media connector having a frame with an aperture extending therein that is configured to couple with a physical/electrical media plug having a body, a retention clip, and contact pins;
• (c) a rotatable electrical interface for providing electrical continuity between said frame and said housing during rotation therebetween, said rotatable electrical interface retracting and extending with said frame;
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• (d) electrical contacts for making electrical contact with the rotatable electrical interface.