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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Homer T Gee, Roseville, CA (US);
Daniel C Steere, Jr, Folsom, CA (US);
Walter S Matthews, Folsom, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361686 ; 361737 ; 3647081 ;
Abstract
A modular PCMCIA card comprises a base member conforming to the Type I or Type II physical dimensions and an add on section which mechanically and electrically connects with the base member and has dimensions such that when the base member and the add on section are joined, they conform to the dimensions of a PCMCIA Type III card. The add on section may contain one or more functional units of a stand alone computer system and may also contain a battery, a modem, pager and/or an infrared transceiver for communicating with printers, computers or controlling other devices.