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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2009
Siew S. Hiew, San Jose, CA (US);
Nan Nan, San Jose, CA (US);
Abraham C. MA, Fremont, CA (US);
Super Talent Electronics, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A USB device including a bistable mechanism that serves to bias a plug connector into one of two stable states, where the first stable state is associated with a retracted position in which the plug connector is fully retracted inside a housing, and the second stable state is associated with a deployed position in which the plug connector extends through the front opening for coupling to a host system. Movement of the plug connector form the retracted to the deployed position is performed by manually applying a force to a handle portion that protrudes through a slot defined in the housing. The bistable mechanism resists the deploying force until an equilibrium point is reach, after which the bistable mechanism releases stored potential energy to complete the deploying process and to maintain the plug connector is the deployed position.