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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1998
Rick D Giles, Sandy, UT (US);
3Com Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A communications card is provided having a plurality of communications ports, capable of receiving and being placed in electrical communication with a media connector, that are pivotably maneuverable from within a housing of the communications card, a closed position, to a position outside of the card, an open position, to reveal the communications ports. In a preferred embodiment, the communications card has an upper and lower planar surface from which an elongate member pivots about a pivot means between the open and closed positions. A rail insertably mated with a channel of the elongate member is provided to guide the elongate member between the open and closed positions. A spring and a cam pin act in apposition against the elongate member to maintain the elongate member in each of the open and closed positions. A tab formed in the upper and planar surfaces is provided to reveal a portion of the elongate member so that a user can depress the elongate member to cause the elongate member to maneuver from the closed to the open position and vice versa. The communications card also has a printed circuit board capable of being placed in electrical communication with a host computer. The printed circuit board is also in electrical communication with the apertures by an electrical connection means to ultimately connect the media connector, attached to a communications line, with the computer.