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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:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sami Inkinen, Tampere, FI;
Mikko Terho, Tampere, FI;
Assignee:
Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/500 ;
Abstract
An expansion card interface of an electronic device (,) in accordance with the invention comprises at least one expansion card connector (,) comprising a contact pin (V,, V,, V,, V,) for transferring a given signal. The electronic device (,) further comprises a power supply (,), such as a battery or a mains supply (,). A voltage (V,) of the power supply (,) of the electronic device can be connected to said contact pin (V,, V,, V,, V,) instead of said signal.