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Computer enclosure with embedded PCMCIA modem card
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Inventors: Homic, Michael J.;
Assignee: Dell USA, L.P. (Austin, TX)
Primary Examiner: Ramsey; Kenneth J.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Heim; Mike, Huffman; James
A modem assembly for a computer is disclosed that includes a cavity that receives a PCMCIA Modem Card which is displaced a distance x within the interior of the computer housing. The PCMCIA Modem Card includes a standardized PCMCIA Modem input/output connector. The modem assembly includes a connector block that comprises a body potion and an end cap. The body potion of the connector block includes one or more telephone sockets that are mounted flush to the exterior surface of the computer enclosure. The end cap protrudes downwardly and outwardly from the body potion, with a thickness x and a width and height approximately equal to the cross-sectional height and width of the PCMCIA Modem Card, to mount flat with the computer enclosure and to seal the PCMCIA Modem Card within the computer enclosure. The end cap includes an electrical socket that mates physically and electrically with the standardized PCMCIA input/output connector. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention solves the shortcomings and deficiencies of the prior art by constructing an embedded internal DAA PCMCIA Modem that includes a standardized input/output connector that, in the preferred embodiment, physically and electrically connects to an RJ-11 telephone socket through a connector block assembly.
A card socket receiving the PCMCIA Modem Card is positioned so that the Modem Card, when fully inserted into the card socket, is recessed within the computer housing a distance x.
The mechanical and electrical interface between the PCMCIA Card and the RJ-11 telephone socket is provided by the connector block, which includes a flange or end cap, with a width x, that mounts to the exterior side of the PCMCIA Modem Card, and which extends on its exterior side to the outer surface of the computer housing to present a flush external appearance.
The interior side of the flange or end cap includes electrical socket connectors that connect electrically to the standard PCMCIA Modem Card input/output connectors.
The body of the connector block, which preferably extends above the PCMCIA Card, receives one or more RJ-11 telephone sockets positioned in a flush alignment to the outer surface of the computer housing for receiving RJ-11 telephone plugs.
In an alternative arrangement, the connector block may be positioned remotely from the PCMCIA Modem Card, with an end cap providing electrical connections between the input/output connectors of the PCMCIA Modem Card and the connector block.
The outer surface of the end cap mounts in a flush alignment to the outer surface of the computer housing, and connects integrally to the input/output connector of the PCMCIA Modem Card.
The end cap also includes an electrical connector which connects electrically to the block connector through electrical conductors, thus enabling the block connector to be positioned in any convenient position within the computer.
In the preferred embodiment, the block connector receives one or more RJ-11 telephone sockets and is positioned on the outer surface of the computer housing to provide a flush appearance
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