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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:
Nov. 23, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Keiji Jitsukawa, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/00 ;
Abstract
An external storage device connected to electronic equipment through a cable includes a switch for selecting functions of the main unit of the external storage device. A user freely sets the function of the external storage device by simply operating the switch. This arrangement eliminates the need for disassembling the external storage device to switch the function thereof. The switch may be externally exposed out of the case of the external storage device.