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Card reader structure with an axial-rotate joint
Assignee: STRACT TECHNOLOGY Inc
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Filing: 2001-03-23
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Granted: 2002-08-20
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Expires: 2021-03-23
Abstract
Abstract An improved card reader structure with an axial-rotate joint is mainly comprised of a body assembled by an upper and a lower shell disposed therein with a converting circuit mounted by a insertion slot projecting from the longitudinal side of the body and connecting to an USB plug mounted on an axle housing housed to the opening at the front end of the body to enable the card reader to be plugged into the computer main board to eliminate the trouble of using the connecting cable and to provide the possibilities of replacing different flash cards due to the design of the insertion slot and of permitting the body to do axle-rotation in different angles so as to increase the practical value of the product.
Inventors
- 👤 Kuang-Hua Hu
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 16:16
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K5/00; H05K5/02; H05K5/0256; H05K5/026; H05K5/0278; H01; H01R; H01R31/00; H01R31/06; H01R35/00; H01R35/02; H05K5/0282
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
101 words
An improved card reader structure with an axle-rotate joint, is mainly comprised of a body assembled by an upper and a lower shells disposed therein with a converting circuit mounted with an insertion slot and connected to an USB plug through the converting circuit to make the insertion slot project from the front end of the body and the USB plug inserted to a circular axle housing housed at the front end of the body for being directly plugged to the computer main board to eliminate the trouble of using of the connecting cables and to replace different flash memory cards.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
101 words
An improved card reader structure with an axle-rotate joint, is mainly comprised of a body assembled by an upper and a lower shells disposed therein with a converting circuit mounted with an insertion slot and connected to an USB plug through the converting circuit to make the insertion slot project from the front end of the body and the USB plug inserted to a circular axle housing housed at the front end of the body for being directly plugged to the computer main board to eliminate the trouble of using of the connecting cables and to replace different flash memory cards.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
As mentioned in claim 1 of an improved card reader structure with an axle-rotate joint, wherein, one of the longitudinal sides of the upper and the lower shells are mounted with respective C-shaped notches to make the insertion slot project.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
63 words
As mentioned in claim 1 of an improved card reader structure with an axle-rotate joint, wherein, the front ends of the upper and the lower shells are mounted with respective semi-circular notches; the two ends of the axle housing inserted with the plug are mounted with flanges in larger diameters to enable the axle housing to rotate after being inserted at the notches.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
49 words
As mentioned in claim 1 of an improved card reader structure with an axle-rotate joint, wherein, the stop rib and convex rib are mounted respectively on one side of the notch on the lower shell and the inner flange of the axle housing for composing the positioning in rotation.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
As mentioned in claim 1 of an improved card reader structure with an axle-rotate joint, wherein, the flash memory card inserted in the insertion slot and the USB plug stay proximately in a 90-degree angle.
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