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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. 15, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2001
Tim Urry Price, West Valley, UT (US);
David Oliphant, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
3Com Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An integrated modular plug receptacle package is disclosed wherein one or more modular plug receptacles, or jacks, are defined by bringing two or more PC cards into operable communication, such as within the card slot cavity of a portable computer, for instance. Each PC card has formed on a posterior edge thereof one or more modular jack portions. The jack portions on one card coordinate with complimentary jack portions on the other card(s) to form an integrated modular jack to which may be connected a modular plug, such as an RJ series connector. In addition to PC cards, various electronic device components may have formed on a surface thereof modular jack portions enabling them to be operably connected to a similarly equipped component, thereby also defining a modular connector.