US6028767A — Externally connected expansion device with replac…

Claim 1

Independent Claim 321 words

An externally connected expansion device with replaceable guiding face panel for guiding different portable computers, comprising: a housing at least having a top face, a front face and a base seat, a circuit board being disposed in the housing, the circuit board being disposed with a connector extending out of the front face of the housing; a seat body disposed at front end of the base seat, two sides of the rear end of top face of the seat body being respectively disposed with an insertion slot section near the base seat, a front end thereof being disposed with a receiving frame in which a shoulder section is formed to define a first opening, front ends of two sides of the receiving frame being respectively formed with two second openings, the rear ends of two sides of the seat body being respectively disposed with a hanging hook extending downward and rearward; a slide block placed into the receiving frame to slide back and forth therewithin, a bottom face of the slide block being formed with a thread hole; and a board body disposed with thread hole corresponding to the thread hole of the slide block, the fronts end of two sides of top face thereof being respectively disposed with a projecting block corresponding to the second openings, the rear ends of two sides of the board body being respectively disposed with two hanging hooks extending downward and forward, whereby a bolt is passed through the thread hole of the board body and the first opening of the seat body to be tightened in the thread hole of the slide block, at this time, the projecting blocks of the board body being respectively upward passed through the second openings of the seat body, then each hanging hook of the board body being hooked with a spring extending to the hanging hook of bottom face of the bottom face of the seat body.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 321 words

An externally connected expansion device with replaceable guiding face panel for guiding different portable computers, comprising: a housing at least having a top face, a front face and a base seat, a circuit board being disposed in the housing, the circuit board being disposed with a connector extending out of the front face of the housing; a seat body disposed at front end of the base seat, two sides of the rear end of top face of the seat body being respectively disposed with an insertion slot section near the base seat, a front end thereof being disposed with a receiving frame in which a shoulder section is formed to define a first opening, front ends of two sides of the receiving frame being respectively formed with two second openings, the rear ends of two sides of the seat body being respectively disposed with a hanging hook extending downward and rearward; a slide block placed into the receiving frame to slide back and forth therewithin, a bottom face of the slide block being formed with a thread hole; and a board body disposed with thread hole corresponding to the thread hole of the slide block, the fronts end of two sides of top face thereof being respectively disposed with a projecting block corresponding to the second openings, the rear ends of two sides of the board body being respectively disposed with two hanging hooks extending downward and forward, whereby a bolt is passed through the thread hole of the board body and the first opening of the seat body to be tightened in the thread hole of the slide block, at this time, the projecting blocks of the board body being respectively upward passed through the second openings of the seat body, then each hanging hook of the board body being hooked with a spring extending to the hanging hook of bottom face of the bottom face of the seat body.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 190 words

An externally connected expansion device with replaceable guiding face panel as claimed in claim 1, further comprising over one different guiding face panel, each guiding face panel having an opening corresponding to the first opening of the seat body, two sides thereof being respectively disposed with a support arm, a rear end of each support arm being disposed with a projecting plate corresponding to the insertion slot of the seat body, the front ends of two sides of the bottom thereof being disposed with projecting blocks corresponding to the second opening, whereby when assembling the guiding face panel, the projecting plate is inserted into the insertion slot of the seat body and the projecting blocks of the guiding face panel are aligned with the second opening of the seat body to force the projecting blocks of the board body to resist against the pulling force of the resilient member and slide forward until the projecting blocks of the guiding face panel are totally sunk into the second opening of the seat body and the projecting blocks of the board body are tightened by the restoring force of the resilient member.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 37 words

An externally connected expansion device with replaceable guiding face panel as claimed in claim 2, wherein the support arms can be changed in accordance with the height from the bases to the connectors of different portable computers.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 52 words

An externally connected expansion device with replaceable guiding face panel as claimed in claim 2, wherein the support arm can be disposed with a stopper member in accordance with the PCMCIA socket and/or MODEM socket of different models of portable computers so as to seal the socket and achieve a protective effect.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 57 words

An externally connected expansion device with replaceable guiding face panel as claimed in claim 2, wherein the rear end face of the projecting block of the board body and the front end facce of the projecting block of the guiding face panel are both formed with slope faces inclined from front upper side to rear lower side.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 26 words

An externally connected expansion device with replaceable guiding face panel as claimed in claim 1, wherein the seat body and the base seat are integrally formed.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 51 words

An externally connected expansion device with replaceable guiding face panel as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rear ends of two sides of the receiving frame are respectively disposed with a leaf spring support for supporting an arch leaf spring having an opening facing the top face of the seat body.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 97 words

An externally connected expansion device with replaceable guiding face panel as claimed in claim 7, wherein the leaf spring support is substantially U-shaped, having an opening facing forward, each inner edge of the support being formed with a slide channel, the front end face in the support being formed with a dent, one end of the arch leaf spring being along the slide channel inserted in the support, the bottom face of the end being disposed with a downward extending ratchet engaged with the dent of the support so as to fix the leaf spring without sliding.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 51 words

An externally connected expansion device with replaceable guiding face panel as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a resilient conic pushing member disposed in the housing and extending out of the front face thereof for stretching open upper and lower pivotal protective door boards of the connector of a portable computer.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	2003-02-21	2003-08-23	2004-02-22	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	2007-02-21	2007-08-23	2008-02-22	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	2011-02-21	2011-08-23	2012-02-22	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Externally connected expansion device with replaceable guiding face panel for guiding different portable computers

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