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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120108086 | BICYCLE METER A bicycle meter including a rechargeable battery, and a retractable USB plug movable between a retracted position and an extended position. In addition, the USB plug is connectable with a USB port to transfer data between the bicycle meter and a computer and to recharge... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108085 | ELECTRICAL POP OUT DEVICE An electrical pop out device has a shroud and an outlet housing. The outlet housing is sized to be placed inside the shroud. A guidance mechanism connects the outlet housing with the shroud. The guidance mechanism includes multiple rack gears and multiple pinion gears. ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108087 | ROTARY WIRELESS NETWORK CARD WITH DOUBLE ROTATING SHAFTS The present disclosure provides a rotary wireless network card with double rotating shafts, which comprises a wireless network card body, an ultra-thin USB interface and a first rotating shaft, wherein at the top of the wireless network card body a opening is provided t... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120052703 | CONTACT TERMINAL COVERING DEVICE Disclosed is a contact terminal closing device for a portable storage device. The disclosed contact terminal closing device includes: a contact terminal received in a housing; a guide frame; a push sliding knob coupled to the guide frame in such a manner that depending ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052704 | CONNECTOR MECHANISM CAPABLE OF ADJUSTING A HEIGHT OF AN OPENING THEREOF A connector mechanism includes a base and a casing. An opening is formed on a side of the base and the casing. The connector mechanism further includes a circuit terminal installed on the base, and a sliding socket connected to the base in a slidable manner and disposed... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120015534 | Portable Storage Device With Retractable Connector A thumb drive includes a retractable USB connector sized to translate between an extended position beyond a housing and a retracted position into the housing. An actuator, such as a dial or a lever, is sized to actuate the USB connector to move the USB connector between... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120009807 | RETRACTABLE POWER PLUG A retractable power plug applied for an electronic apparatus or an extension outlet is disclosed. The retractable power plug includes a housing, a base, a movable unit and a plurality of prongs. The housing has a space for enclosing the base. The prongs are pluggably di... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110318946 | Integrated Planar Electrical Connector For Personal Electronic Devices A planar electrical connector is configured to be stowed within a personal electronic device. The planar electrical connector comprises a connector housing having a moveable support structure. The moveable support structure is configured to permit movement of the planar... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110261519 | Electronic Device with Swinging Board An electronic device with a swinging board is described. The electronic device includes a body, a swinging board and a connector. The body includes a reserving chamber and a circuit board, and the swinging board includes at least one opening. The swinging board is conne... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110228495 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE USB PORTS An electronic device includes a main body, a circuit board, a receiving space defined in one side of the main body, a plurality of USB ports and a driving module. The receiving space includes a plurality of sets of fixed contacts on a bottom thereof, and the fixed conta... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110223787 | POWER DEVICE WITH A MOVABLE CONNECTOR PLUG A power device includes a substrate portion and a connector plug. The substrate portion defines a recess portion and a pair of receiving grooves, and includes at least one contact terminal. The connector plug includes a main body and a pair of conducting strips protrudi... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110217858 | USB Connector and USB Device A USB connector for connecting with a USB female comprises a rotating shaft assembly which is capable of rotating, metal legs, a connecting line, and a substrate, and said rotating shaft assembly includes a rotating shaft, a rotating shaft sleeve and a rotating shaft su... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110201219 | METHOD AND ISOLATING STRIP FOR THE ALTERNATIVE CONNECTION OF AN OUTPUT LINE, CONNECTED TO A FIRST INPUT LINE, TO A SECOND INPUT LINE The invention relates to a method for the alternative connection of an output line (51), connected to a first input line (50), to a second input line (52) by means of at least one isolating strip (10), wherein the isolating strip (10) ... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110177703 | ROTATABLE AND CONCEALABLE ELECTRICAL POWER RECEPTACLE Disclosed is a reversible and concealable electrical power receptacle, comprising: a main body, a shaft section, an accommodating section, and an electrical outlet assembly. The electrical outlet assembly is disposed on the main body; the accommodating section is for re... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110170827 | CONNECTORS AND ASSEMBLIES HAVING A PLURALITY OF MOVEABLE MATING ARRAYS A connector configured to communicatively couple different components. The connector includes a base frame that extends along a longitudinal axis between a pair of frame ends and first and second moveable mating arrays having mating surfaces with terminals arranged ther... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110157801 | Electronic Device Docking System A system and method disclose a docking device for allowing contents of a hand-held electronic device to be viewed on a monitor screen and/or heard through head phones of an aircraft's in-flight entertainment system. The docking device is movable between stowed and deplo... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110147036 | CONCEALABLE CONNECTOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE CONCEALABLE CONNECTOR A concealable connector disposed in a housing of an electronic device includes two upright sidewalls, a guiding groove, a guiding rod, and a sliding module. The upright sidewalls are spaced apart from each other and are disposed in the housing. The guiding groove is for... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110136355 | Port Attached To Flexible Mount A system including a flexible mount that can be coupled to a computing device. A port can be attached to the flexible mount. The flexible mount can conform to the chassis of the computing device.... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110136356 | FLASH MEMORY DEVICE WITH SLIDABLE CONTACT MODULE A flash memory device includes a circuit board and a contact module slidable with respect to the circuit board. The circuit board includes a plurality of first contacts each having a stiff first contact portion. The contact module includes a slider and a plurality of se... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110133698 | Apparatus for Preventing Electrical Shock in Devices A device for preventing electrical shock from a device with electrical interfaces. A shutter or other barrier associated with the device that physically prevents access or contact to one of the electrical interfaces while another electrical interface is in use.... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110130017 | FLASH MEMORY DEVICE WITH SLIDABLE CONTACT MODULE A flash memory device includes a circuit board and a contact module slidable with respect to the circuit board. The circuit board includes a plurality of first contacts each having a stiff first contact portion. The contact module includes a slider and a plurality of se... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110130018 | DATA CARD WITH ROTATABLE CONNECTOR AND ROTATABLE CONNECTOR FOR DATA CARD In the field of data cards with a rotatable external port, a data card with a rotatable connector and a rotatable connector for a data card are provided. The data card with a rotatable connector includes a data card body and a rotatable connector, where the rotatable co... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110124210 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A ROTARY SIGNAL TRANSMISSION INTERFACE A portable electronic device includes a housing having an opening formed on a lateral side of the housing and a containing space formed inside the housing, and a rotary module having a base connected to the housing in a rotatable manner. The base includes a first signal... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110104917 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH HIDDEN I/O INTERFACE MODULE An electronic device with a hidden I/O interface module is disclosed. The electronic device includes a container and a surface with an opening, container and the opening communicate with each other. The container includes a first position and a second position. The elec... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110076867 | INTERNAL UFD The present invention discloses a system including: (a) a host device including: (i) a cavity; and (ii) a socket, recessed in the cavity; and (b) a UFD configured to be reversibly operationally connected to the host device via the socket, wherein the UFD is configured t... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110059636 | Lipstick-Type USB Device With Tubular Housing A USB device including a tubular housing and a rear cap assembly including a handle structure that is rotatably connected to the tubular housing to facilitate deploying and retracting a plug connector through a front opening of the housing. The plug connector is fixedly... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110053394 | Grounded Power Adapter A power adapter includes an adapter base defining a plug member channel immediately adjacent a first channel wall and a second channel wall that is oriented substantially perpendicular to the first channel wall. A power member connector extends into the first channel wa... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110034048 | USB CONNECTOR AND USB DEVICE A USB connector for connecting with a USB female comprises a rotating shaft assembly which is capable of rotating, metal legs, a connecting line, and a substrate, and said rotating shaft assembly includes a rotating shaft, a rotating shaft sleeve and a rotating shaft su... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110008980 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE An electronic device comprises a casing. The casing has a groove formed along the periphery of the casing and designed to receive a connection cable having a flat cross-section therein, in such a manner that no part of the received connection cable protrudes beyond the ... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100330828 | RETRACTABLE MEMORY DRIVE A retractable memory drive in accordance with the present invention comprises a top casing, a middle carrier, an electronic device such as a USB thumb drive, and a bottom casing. There are guide rails that allow the middle carrier to remain in an appropriate position. T... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100321878 | RETRACTABLE USB MEMORY STICK A retractable USB memory stick includes a metal casing formed of a seamless flat tube having opposing front opening and rear opening, a sliding slot located on one peripheral wall thereof, and first and second locating holes located on the sliding slot, a PC board havin... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100317203 | COMPUTING DEVICES HAVING POP-OUT CONNECTOR PORT ARRAYS A pop-out connector port array for provision in a computing device. The array includes an extensible connector port array member that can be transitioned from an initial retracted position in which the array member is contained within the computing device to an extended... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100311257 | FLASH MEMORY DEVICE WITH TELESCOPIC CONNECTOR PORT AND A CASING OF THE FLASH MEMORY DEVICE A flash memory device includes a cover, an electrical module, a slider and a rotatable member for driving the slider. The cover defines a receiving chamber and an opening communicating with the receiving chamber. The electrical module is slideably received in the receiv... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100304586 | Computer Peripheral Device A computer peripheral device is provided having a rotatable outer cover which is coupled to and selectively extends or retracts a connector of a printed circuit from a casing in which the printed circuit board is positioned when the outer cover is rotated. In one aspect... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100291780 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES A portable electronic device includes a connector case and defines a cavity communicating to the air. A guiding portion is formed in the cavity. The connector case includes at least one interface and an engaging portion. The engaging portion is slidablly attached to the... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100291779 | ELECTRICAL PLUG DEVICE WITH FOLDING BLADES An electrical plug device includes a housing, support members coupled to the housing and electrically conductive members, each supported by one of the support members. The support members are able to rotate about respective axes so that the electrically conductive membe... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100281209 | Press-Push Flash Drive Apparatus With Metal Tubular Casing And Snap-Coupled Plastic Sleeve A press-push type computer peripheral “flash drive” device includes an elongated (e.g., metal) tubular casing containing a PCBA having a plug connector. A plastic housing assembly includes front and rear cap portions mounted over the open ends of the tubular casing,... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100279526 | A STORAGE DEVICE WITH A CASING WITH A PLUG MOVABLE PARALLEL TO A SECOND PLUG IN THE CASING A storage device having detachable multiple-in-one connector has a casing with one opening; a multiple-in-one plug part mounted inside the casing, exposed beyond the opening and having first and second plug assemblies detachably stacked with a gap formed therebetween; a... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100270281 | PLUG-IN HEATER FOR HOT CURLERS A plug-in heater for hot curlers is constituted in the following manner: because the power plug can be positioned at the storage location, it is constituted to possess a compact size; in particular, because the power plug can be positioned at the protruding positions in... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100267259 | EXTERNAL USB CARD READER An external universal serial bus (USB) card reader includes a cover, a circuit board movably received in the cover, a USB connector, and a connector. The USB connector is mounted to a front end of the circuit board. The connector is mounted to a back end of the circuit ... | 10/21/2010 |
