US 7,740,490 B1Granted

Connector with storage function

OwnerNai-Chien Changinventor

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Abstract

A connector with storage function includes a housing, a seat body, a terminal group, a storage module, and a cover. The housing has a receptacle at a front end, and an opening at a rear end. The seat body is disposed in the housing, and includes a block. The block has a supporting portion and a plurality of slots. The terminal group is disposed on the supporting portion and in the slot. The terminal group further includes a hollow opening at a rear end. The storage module electrically connects with the terminal group, and has a printed circuit board disposed thereon. The printed circuit board electrically connects with a storage unit. The cover has a first cover and a second cover and is disposed in the hollow opening of the seat body. The connector not only stores data required by electronic product, but also increases storage capacity of the electronic product.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A connector with storage function electrically connected with an electronic product for storing date, comprising:

a housing being of a hollow body, having a receptacle at a front end, and an opening at a rear end;
a seat body disposed in the housing, the seat body having a block and the block having a supporting portion extending into the receptacle, the block having a plurality of slots, and a hollow opening at a rear end;
a terminal group disposed on the supporting portion and in the slot of the block;
a storage module electrically connected with the terminal group and having a plurality of pins for electrically connecting with the electronic product;
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a cover, being an L-shaped body made of plastic, and including a first cover and a second cover, the first cover defining a plurality of through holes, allowing the pins passing through, the first cover having two protrusions at opposite sides for joining with two indentations of the seat body.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.