Origami Ethernet Ports

[Brio]

Don't know if this has been shared here yet but this is some crazy port design on a laptop. I foresee a lot of warranty calls in the future for Fujitsu. Although this feels like the mech of ethernet ports. I'm surprised it doesn't have an anime made about it.

 

 

Original Post by @decryption on twitter.

[Anghammarad]

Now you only need that transform sound out of the movie or comic series and play it every time you open the ethernet jack =)

[userzero]

What on earth is the point of that. Plenty of slim laptops already have Ethernet ports with a hinged bottom to expand it etc.

[Arika]

i love over engineered things that will break super quick

[ProjectBox153]

That would be broken before I get the laptop set up for me. I have an HP Envy that’s thinner than an ethernet port (well the side is) and it just has a simple swing-down mechanism. Works great and feels very robust. This? Looks pretty flimsy. 

[Thermosman]

This with a headphone jack on cell phones?

 

[AshleyAshes]

Engineer: Check out how cool this Ethernet port we made is.
Exec: But how durable is it?
Engineer: It's AWESOME and COOL.
Exec. I'm convinced!

[Mira Yurizaki]

1 hour ago, userzero said:

What on earth is the point of that. Plenty of slim laptops already have Ethernet ports with a hinged bottom to expand it etc.

Because it makes the Ethernet connector's bump face up such that the plug is flat against the surface. Otherwise you'd have an ever so slightly off kilter laptop whenever you wanted to use it.

[NvidiaIntelAMDLoveTriangle]

That's actually really cool. Most likely it's going to break after about 10 inserts.

[ProjectBox153]

1 hour ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Because it makes the Ethernet connector's bump face up such that the plug is flat against the surface. Otherwise you'd have an ever so slightly off kilter laptop whenever you wanted to use it.

Not so with my laptop (which has a downward facing port).

[Mira Yurizaki]

1 minute ago, Jamiec1130 said:

Not so with my laptop (which has a downward facing port).

That's your laptop. Looking at the design of this one, a full height Ethernet port would definitely cause the laptop to raise if the bump was facing down. Or at the very least, it would make the locking tab pointless because it's always depressed under the weight of the laptop. Which I guess that wouldn't be a bad thing, all thing considered

[ProjectBox153]

Just now, M.Yurizaki said:

That's your laptop. Looking at the design of this one, a full height Ethernet port would definitely cause the laptop to raise if the bump was facing down. Or at the very least, it would make the locking tab pointless because it's always depressed under the weight of the laptop. Which I guess that wouldn't be a bad thing, all thing considered

I guess. Looking at my laptop (I'm using it right now) the ethernet port would put it level with the surface it's on.

[Mira Yurizaki]

On another note, I find the bump facing upwards better in the sense that you don't have to lift the laptop up to get at it.

[kaiju_wars]

I actually kinda like this, it's weird and unique.

 

[Levisallanon]

As someone who studied mechanical engineering I just can't hate this :p.

Also from what I see it looks to be engineered very well actually. Don't think it will break as quickly as some people here suspect.

[Brio]

On 12/9/2017 at 10:03 AM, Levisallanon said:

As someone who studied mechanical engineering I just can't hate this :p.

Also from what I see it looks to be engineered very well actually. Don't think it will break as quickly as some people here suspect.

If used correctly I'm sure it'd last a long time. But I'm just imagining someone plugging this into an ethernet cable and the laptop; then it getting dragged off a table and hitting the floor if someone tripped over the cable during a presentation, or someone yanking at it not remembering that you have to depress the lil plastic tab to remove the cord.

[Brio]

On 12/8/2017 at 11:47 AM, AshleyAshes said:

Engineer: Check out how cool this Ethernet port we made is.
Exec: But how durable is it?
Engineer: It's AWESOME and COOL.
Exec. I'm convinced!

Engineer: Oh you wanted it to be durable?

Exec.: Nah pretty is in right now. Can you add RGB?