Patent Application
20170075851
a) Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a general module. The expansion module utilizes multiple combinations of idle connecting pins to allow the expansion module to correspond with various devices.
b) Description of the Prior Art
In the current information era, almost every person has one or even several of mobile devices, tablet computers, laptop computers, and desktop computers. Through these devices, information exchange is made more smooth and circulative.
Laptop computers are targeted at offering easy portability and convenience. To connect the laptop computers to peripheral hardware devices through existing connecting interfaces for transmission, a current connecting method is implemented by connecting one hardware device to one connector. For example, to connect a common laptop computer through a USB (Universal Serial Bus) device interface to an associated peripheral device, one device is corresponded to one connecting interface. As shown in
Therefore, to solve the above issues, it is an object and direction of related industrialists to develop, research and provide a more practical structure for satisfying consumer needs.
In view of the above, based years of manufacturing, development and design experiences of related products, the Applicant provides a practical invention after thorough design and evaluation to achieve the above object.
It is a primary object of the present invention to provide a multifunction expansion module for solving issues of a conventional solution in which one single device corresponds to one single connection interface instead of corresponding multiple types of connecting devices to one single connection interface.
A technical feature of an expansion module of the present invention for solving the above issues is applying combinations of idle connecting pins. The expansion module includes a driving unit, an expansion unit and a connecting unit. The expansion unit is electrically connected to the driving unit and the connecting unit and further includes an input and output device and a signal device, and the input and output device is provided a plurality of connecting pins. By coordinating connecting pin combinations in different quantities with the signal device, a plurality of connecting units is be applied for corresponding connection and transmission. Therefore, by utilizing different combinations of idles connecting pins operating with the signal device, the expansion unit allows the driving unit to be connected and to operate devices of the connecting unit, such that the expansion module can correspond to various devices.
It is a secondary object of the present invention to provide the connecting unit that can be implemented by a power supply device, a storage device, a communication device, a network device and a television device, correspondingly.
It is another object of the present invention to provide the input and output device of the expansion unit, with the input and output device formed by a plurality of pins. The pins are a combination of two or more pins that operate with the signal device, and are implemented by connecting and corresponding to different connecting units to drive the driving unit.
It is another object of the present invention to provide the input and output device of the expansion unit, with the input and output device formed by a plurality of connecting pins implemented correspondingly by providing a plurality of connecting units.
The above and other aspects of the invention will become better understood with regard to the following detailed description of the preferred but non-limiting embodiments. The following description is made with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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The expansion unit 20 includes an input and output device 200 and a signal device 201. The input and output device 200 is formed by a plurality of connecting pins 2000 (not shown in
The signal device 201 is a receiving device that serves as electrical connection between the input and output device 200 and the driving unit 21. According to the connection between the input and output device 200 and the devices of the connecting unit 22 and by corresponding the connecting unit 22 to difference devices, the signal device 201 transmits different signals into the driving unit 21 to allow the driving unit 21 to drive the corresponding device.
The driving unit 21, as an operating element, is electrically connected to the expansion unit 20 and the connecting unit 22, and provides signal transmission and operations.
The connecting unit 22 is an externally connected hardware device, and corresponds to the expansion unit 20. For example, the connecting unit 22 can be implemented by various devices such as a power supply device 220, a storage device 221, a communication device 222, a network device 223 or a television device 224. The connecting unit 22 is paired and combined with different signals via the idle connecting pins 2000 of the expansion unit 20, so as to allow the expansion unit 20 to correspond with one or more connecting units 22.
Thus, by combining and pairing with the connecting pins 2000 of the input and output device 200 of the expansion unit 20, the expansion module 2 provides one or more connecting units 22 with a corresponding connection. Further, with the transmission through the signal device 201 of the expansion unit 20, the driving unit 21 is allowed to operate the connecting unit 22 to provide more extensive corresponding connection applications.
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While the invention has been described by way of example and in terms of the preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto. On the contrary, it is intended to cover various modifications and similar arrangements and procedures, and the scope of the appended claims therefore should be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similar arrangements and procedures.
