Housing for a communications card

A housing for a communication card conforming to Type III PCMCIA standards, the housing including an upper surface, a lower surface, a front end and a rear end, the housing comprising:

• a bottom cover including a bottom wall, a first upwardly extending sidewall, a second upwardly extending sidewall, and a rear wall;
• a top cover including a top wall, a first downwardly extending sidewall, a second downwardly extending sidewall, and a rear wall;
• an opening being entirely disposed within the rear end of the housing, the opening being sized and configured to receive a RJ series connector plug such that no portion of the plug extends through either the top wall or the bottom wall of the housing when the connector plug is located in a fully inserted position;
• and
• a latching area that is sized and configured to securely hold the RJ series connector plug within the receptacle, the latching area also being sized and configured to allow the RJ series connector plug to be removed from the fully inserted position in the receptacle without damage to the plug and without the user depressing a biased clip of the connector plug if a predetermined force is applied to a body of the connector plug.

A housing for a communication card, the housing comprising:

• a top cover including an upper surface and a downwardly extending sidewall;
• a bottom cover including a lower surface and an upwardly extending sidewall, the bottom cover being attached to the top cover to form one or more outer surfaces of the housing, the housing complying with the PCMCIA standards for a Type III communication card;
• a chamber formed between the top cover and the bottom cover for receiving a printed circuit board, the printed circuit board including electronic circuitry and one or more electrical contacts in electrical communication with a plurality of contact wires that extend into a receptacle;
• an upper portion of the receptacle integrally formed in the downwardly extending sidewall of the top cover as part of a one-piece construction;
• and
• a lower portion of the receptacle integrally formed in the upwardly extending sidewall of the bottom cover as part of a one-piece construction, the receptacle being sized and configured to receive an RJ series connector plug such that no portion of the connector plug extends through either the upper surface of the top cover or the lower surface of the bottom cover when the connector plug is fully inserted into the receptacle, the receptacle and contact wires being the only structures sized and configured to engage the connector plug in the fully inserted position.

A communication card comprising:

• a top cover including an upper surface and a downwardly extending sidewall;
• a bottom cover including a lower surface and an upwardly extending sidewall, the bottom cover being attached to the top cover to form one or more outer surfaces of the communication card, the communication card complying with the PCMCIA standards for a Type III communication card;
• a circuit board disposed within art interior portion of the communication card, the circuit board including one or more electrical contacts in electrical communication with a plurality of contact wires that extend into a receptacle;
• an upper portion of a receptacle integrally formed in the downwardly extending sidewall of the top cover as part of a one-piece construction;
• and
• a lower portion of the receptacle integrally formed in the upwardly extending sidewall of the bottom cover as part of a one-piece construction, the receptacle being sized and configured to receive an RJ series connector plug such that no portion of the connector plug extends through either the upper surface of the top cover or the lower surface of the bottom cover when the connector plug is fully inserted into the receptacle, the receptacle and contact wires being the only structures sized and configured to engage the connector plug in the fully inserted position.

An electrical connector comprising:

• a top cover including an upper surface, a pair of downwardly extending sidewalls and a downwardly extending rear wall;
• a bottom cover including a lower surface, a pair of upwardly extending sidewalls and an upwardly extending rear wall, the bottom cover being connected to the top cover to form a housing for a communication card that complies with the PCMCIA standards for a Type III communication card;
• a chamber formed between the top cover and the bottom cover for receiving a printed circuit board, the printed circuit board including electronic circuitry and one or more electrical contacts in electrical communication with a plurality of contact wires that extend into a receptacle;
• an upper portion of a receptacle defined by one or more surfaces of the downwardly extending rear wall of the top cover;
• and
• a lower portion of the receptacle defined by one or more surfaces of the upwardly extending rear wall of the bottom cover, the receptacle being sized and configured to receive at least a portion of an RJ series connector plug such that no portion of the connector plug extends through either the upper surface of the top cover or the lower surface of the bottom cover when the connector plug is fully inserted into the receptacle, the receptacle and contact wires being the only structures sized and configured to engage the connector plug in the fully inserted position.