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As you know, I have a flashdrive. Unfortunately, I have lost the lid, exposing the connector to any harm that may befall it for eternity.
Would it not be easy to make little spring-loaded clippy thingies, much like an aligator clip minus teeth plus flat plates at the end - see link for a picture.
No
more lost lids.
A picture of what I'm trying to explain
http://img465.image.../7365/usbpng1gx.png
Blah [DesertFox, May 22 2006]
US patent 6,890,188
http://patft1.uspto...90188&RS=PN/6890188
closest I could find... [xaviergisz, May 22 2006]
US patent 6,808,400
http://patft1.uspto...08400&RS=PN/6808400
...for [half] [xaviergisz, May 22 2006]
USB Swiss Army knife
http://www.thinkgee...ts/electronic/6b3b/
Something like this would work [Galbinus_Caeli, May 22 2006]
Waterproof USB flashdrive
http://www.sandisk....ult.aspx?CatID=1031
for lowbot [methinksnot, May 22 2006]
[link]
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actually I was unaware of your ownership of a flashdrive ;) |
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btw, nice rendering. what program do you use? |
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Wings3D - took me about 5-10 minutes to make the model, then I used the built-in OpenGL rendering capability - I could use Bryce5 an make it really smooth. |
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From the drawing, it looks to me as if it would interfere hugely with anything and everything plugged in to adjacent sockets. |
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Some sort of thing where the plug retracts inside behind flaps might work. A rough example that comes to mind is the retractable Sharpie marking pens. |
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Like a sliding one? There are many ways to make a civer, that was just one of the mentioned ones. |
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The usb connector is just a board with four leads. Its not exactly sensitive electronics. All my drives have been missing their covers for ages and have gotten dropped and covered in filth. This is more a solution in need of a problem. |
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Now if it was waterproof... |
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//Now if it was waterproof...// |
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