Adapter For Pcb Or Cartridge Patents (Class 439/945)
  • Patent number: 11855380
    Abstract: A plug connector assembly comprises a plug connector having an elastic locking structure for locking to a socket connector. The elastic locking structure is movable between a locking position engaged with the socket connector, and an unlocking position separated from the socket connector. An adapter of the assembly includes a pressing structure and a pull stop structure. The plug connector is received within the adapter for mating with the socket connector slidably inserted into the adapter. When the plug connector is received within the adapter, the pressing structure presses and holds the elastic locking structure in the unlocking position, and the pull stop structure abuts the elastic locking structure for preventing the plug connector from being pulled out of the adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Sibas Electronics (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liqiang (Gino) Yao, Yong (Chris) Wang, Renzhong (Andy) Lin, Qiang Yuan
  • Patent number: 11785732
    Abstract: A memory card includes a case and an integrated circuit package disposed in the case. The case includes a first case edge, a second case edge connected to the first case edge, a third case edge connected to the second case edge, a fourth case edge connected to the third case edge and the first case edge, and a first recessed groove formed in the second case edge, the first recessed groove being spaced apart from the first case edge and inwardly recessed. The integrated circuit package is disposed in an upper portion of the case between the first case edge and a first horizontal line that extends in a direction from a top end of the first recessed groove in the second case edge to the fourth case edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO, LTD.
    Inventor: Youngwoo Park
  • Patent number: 8517770
    Abstract: A card connector includes an insulating housing defining a receiving chamber and an inserting chamber connected with the receiving chamber, electrical terminals assembled in the insulating housing, and a shielding shell enclosing the insulating housing. Two receiving fillisters are opened in two inner sides of two side walls forming at two opposite sides of the receiving chamber. Two restraining members each has a base strip disposed in the receiving fillister, and an elastic arm inclined inward into the receiving chamber. The elastic arms are pressed into the receiving fillisters when a SIM card is inserted in the receiving chamber. In the process of inserting a micro SIM card into the card connector, the elastic arms resist against two opposite side edges of the micro SIM card to guide a rear of the micro SIM card to be smoothly inserted into the inserting chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Proconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ching-Jung Chan, Ta-Chih Yu
  • Patent number: 8462514
    Abstract: Electronic devices are provided with ejectable component assemblies. The ejectable component assembly may include a tray that can be loaded with one or more removable modules, wafers coupled to circuit boards, cages and retaining plates to assist in retaining the tray within the assembly. The ejectable component assembly may include springs operative to engage detents in the tray to retain the tray in the assembly. The ejectable component assembly may include a tray ejector mechanism for ejecting the tray from the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Myers, Erik Wang, Jason Sloey
  • Patent number: 8337239
    Abstract: An adaptor is shaped for allowing use of a micro SIM card in a mini SIM card implemented device. An adaptor body is shaped like a micro SIM card and may include a cutout region for receiving a micro SIM card therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Sharpe Innovations, Inc.
    Inventor: Cameron Alan Holmes
  • Patent number: 8277238
    Abstract: A card connector (1) is disclosed. The card connector (1) comprises a housing (11), at least one terminal (51), a card guiding mechanism and an identification switch. The housing (11) is configured to accommodate a card adapter (101), in which a first card (201) is fitted, or a second card (301). Each of the at least one terminals (51) is attached to the housing (11). The card guiding mechanism includes an urging member (81). The urging member (81) is configured to urge the card adapter (101) or the second card (301) in a direction opposite to an insertion direction. The card guiding mechanism is configured to hold in a lock position the card adapter (101) or the second card (301) pushed in the insertion direction by way of push operation. The identification switch is formed by a first contact member (52) and a second contact member (53), and is arranged further inward in the insertion direction from an insertion direction front end (301a) of the second card (301) held in the lock position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Yasuyoshi Matsumoto, Yuichi Hasegawa, Mitsuhiro Tomita, Yuji Naito, Yoko Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 8277257
    Abstract: A connector connectable to a plurality of receptacles of different specifications is provided while a connector of the prior-art configuration is not adapted for the connection with such receptacles. The connector includes: a connector body; and a connector portion partially inserted in the connector body and partially projected from the connector body. The connector portion includes: a first connector block that is singularly capable of mating with a receptacle conforming to a first specification but is singularly incapable of mating with a receptacle conforming to a second specification; and a second connector block that is disposed on the first connector block and combined with the first connector block to be capable of mating with the receptacle conforming to the second specification. The second connector block is free to slide on the first connector block 21 and to be inserted in the connector body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Yutaka Noguchi
  • Patent number: 8259453
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a card device including a semiconductor package section having memory functions and a substrate section joined to the semiconductor package section by superposition and mounted by a variety of electronic components. The semiconductor package section includes a card-side connector section having card-side terminals for inputting and outputting information signals, and package-side terminals at a location at which the semiconductor package section is joined to the substrate section by superposition. The substrate section includes substrate-side terminals at a location at which the substrate section is connected to the semiconductor package section by superposition. The substrate section is electrically joined to the semiconductor package section by making use of the package-side terminals and the substrate-side terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kaori Morita, Tomoyasu Yamada, Tamotsu Kiyakawauchi, Akitomi Katsumura, Koji Shiozawa
  • Patent number: 8254134
    Abstract: A Secure Digital device including a PCBA having passive components mounted on a PCB using surface mount technology (SMT) techniques, and active components (e.g., controller and flash memory) mounted using chip-on-board (COB) techniques. The components are mounted only on one side of the PCB, and then a molded plastic casing is formed over both sides of the PCB such that the components are encased in the plastic, and a thin plastic layer is formed over the PCB surface opposite to the components. The molded plastic casing is formed to include openings that expose metal contacts provided on the PCB, and ribs that separate the openings. The molded plastic casing defines a pre-molded switch slot that facilitates an insert-in switch assembly process for mounting a write protect switch. The write protect switch includes a movable switch button engaged in the switch slot, and a switch cap secured over the switch slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Super Talent Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Siew S. Hiew, Abraham C. Ma, Nan Nan
  • Patent number: 8135944
    Abstract: A plurality of separately powered data interface circuits, a controller circuit, and power switch circuits that collectively enable a supply of power to only one of the data interface circuits and disable the supply of power to the other data interface circuits. Alternatively, the separately powered circuits need not be data interface circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: SanDisk Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Lassa, Paul Paternoster, Po-Shen Lai, Yongliang Wang
  • Patent number: 8107246
    Abstract: The invention relates to a format adapter comprising a storage device having: a front surface provided with electrical contact pads opposite a rear surface defining a lower peripheral border (2a); a body having a cavity (4) for receiving the device and opening on a front and rear side of the body, and; an adhesive film (8a), which is sensitive to pressure, adhered to the rear side of the body and which has at least one adhesive portion inside the cavity in order to hold the storage device. The adhesive film has an inner recess (10) essentially centered on the cavity and has at least one shoulder bordering on the cavity that assures a localized adhesion only on the lower peripheral border (2a) of the storage device. The invention also relates to a method for producing the adapter and to a use of the adapter for manufacturing and packaging the storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Gemalto SA
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe Fidalgo, Jean-Francois Martinent, Blandine Alleysson
  • Patent number: 8102658
    Abstract: A microSD-to-SD adaptor card includes a base substrate having a lead frame structure, a protective cap forming a chamber that encloses eight microSD contact pins of the lead frame structure, and a thermoset plastic casing formed over the protective cap and exposed portions of the base substrate to provide the adaptor card with standard SD card dimensions. A rear opening facilitates insertion of a standard microSD card, whereby the eight contact pads on the microSD card are contacted by the eight microSD contact pins inside the chamber to allow electrical signals generated by the microSD card to be transmitted to a host system by way of a standard SD socket. A grip anchor pin is disposed inside the chamber to engage a grip notch disposed on the microSD card. A pre-molded switch slot is provided on the molded plastic casing, and an insert-in write protect switch is mounted after molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Super Talent Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Siew S. Hiew, Abraham C. Ma, Nan Nan
  • Patent number: 8077469
    Abstract: A chip card holder, for securing a chip card in an electronic device, includes a housing, an elastic member and a strip member. The housing defines a receiving chamber. The elastic member is secured in the receiving chamber and has an elastic foldable resisting section. The strip member connects with the resisting section and an end of the strip exposes from the receiving chamber. A chip card is assembled in the receiving chamber, the resisting section of the elastic member resists against the chip card, the resisting section is folded elastically by pulling the strip member and the chip card is withdrawn by the pushing of the resisting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Cheng-Lung Chang
  • Patent number: 8068344
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus, which accommodates a chip card, includes a casing, a limit element and a carrier. The limit element is connected to the casing and has a protruding part. The carrier is slidingly disposed on the casing and has at least a contact area disposed on a side of the carrier. The limit element is located at a first position as the protruding part contacts the contact area, and the limit element is located at a second position as the protruding part is away from the contact area. The protruding part moves between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Chao-Lun Chiang, Chien-Chung Liao, Chih-Lin Ho
  • Patent number: 8052475
    Abstract: A memory card socket is disclosed. The memory card socket has a body for receiving a memory card, many pins to electrically connect to the memory card, two elastic members for holding the memory card, and a blocking member for restraining one of the two elastic members. In accordance with the format of the memory card, the blocking member can restrain or release the elastic member for holding the memory card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Kingconn Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Chung-Cheng Chan
  • Patent number: 8031465
    Abstract: The invention discloses an electronic apparatus comprising a motherboard, a connector, a card member and a first holder. The connector is disposed on the motherboard and the card member is disposed on the connector. The motherboard comprises a first fixing portion and the card member comprises a second fixing portion. The first holder comprises a third fixing portion fixed to the first fixing portion of the motherboard and a fourth fixing portion fixed to the second fixing portion of the card member. Accordingly, once the motherboard or the card member is hit or pulled by an external force, since two ends of the first holder respectively fix the card member and the motherboard, the card member will not be detached from the connector, such that the card member can be connected to the connector well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Asustek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Chien-Ying Chen, Chih-Wei Chou
  • Patent number: 7985082
    Abstract: An external universal serial bus (USB) card reader includes a cover, a circuit board movably received in the cover, a USB connector, and a connector. The USB connector is mounted to a front end of the circuit board. The connector is mounted to a back end of the circuit board and electrically connected to the USB connector. A through cutout is defined in the cover to allow the USB connector pass through. An inserting slot is defined in the cover to allow a memory card pass through. The USB connector is operable to be forced by the memory card to drive the circuit board to move in the cover, resulting in the USB connector extending out of the cover or retracting back into the cover through the through cutout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zheng-Heng Sun
  • Patent number: 7916488
    Abstract: A chip card holding module (24) having a connector portion (26) and a securing member (28) is described. The connector portion includes a base (261) defining two latching slots (263) on two lateral sides and a plurality of terminals (30) arranged on two opposite ends (261c, 261d) of the base. The securing member comprising a resisting plate (281) and a pair of connecting plates (282) respectively extends from two ends of the resisting plate, the connecting plates being inserted into the latching slots so as to define a space for receiving a chip card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Ming-Shiung Chang
  • Patent number: 7866996
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a system including: (a) a host device including: (i) a cavity; and (ii) a socket, recessed in the cavity; and (b) a UFD configured to be reversibly operationally connected to the host device via the socket, wherein the UFD is configured to physically reside substantially in the cavity when the UFD is operationally connected to the socket. Also disclosed is a UFD system including: (a) a first part having components of a UFD, wherein the components include a primary connector and an electronics assembly; and (b) a second art having a UFD holder and a secondary connector, wherein the UFD holder is configured to reversibly accommodate the first part, wherein a dimension of the first part parallel to an insertion direction of the primary connector is shorter than a dimension of the second part parallel to an insertion direction of the secondary connector. In another embodiment, a UFD may be inserted into a UFD slot in an edge of a host panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: SanDisk IL Ltd.
    Inventors: Nitzan Achsaf, Moshe Raines, Alon Zeigler, Itzhakl Pomerantz
  • Patent number: 7859850
    Abstract: An electronic card and expansion card combination includes an electronic card, for example, vertical insertion type Express card defining a 34 mm card accommodation space and accommodating a circuit board with an electric connector, and an expansion card, which has a flat sliding holder base movable in and out of the card accommodation space and carrying an adapter terminal set that contacts the metal contacts of the circuit board when the flat sliding holder base is extended out of the card accommodation space, and an expansion plate pivotally coupled to the flat sliding holder base and carrying a matching terminal set that contacts the adapter terminal set for the contact of metal contacts of a chip card to be inserted into a card insertion slot defined in the flat sliding holder base and the expansion plate after the expansion plate is turned to out of the flat sliding holder base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: D&C Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju-Chieh Chan, Ying-Chi Lien, Hung-Ming Lin
  • Patent number: 7836237
    Abstract: The invention relates to a changeable central processing unit (CPU) module apparatus for a computer, comprising a system control module board, a CPU module board and a heat-dissipating device. A second bus connector of the CPU module board is a golden finger plug extending from the CPU module board and is installed on a socket plug of a first bus connector of the system control module board. With the invention, a user can reduce the cost of updating the CPU and increase the period of using a peripheral equipment of the computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: First International Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Jung-Lung Lien, Tun-Ming Lee, Yueh-Yun Chen
  • Patent number: 7780477
    Abstract: An adapter system is disclosed including a pair of adapters operating in conjunction with each other to allow a variety of different, off-the-shelf memory cards to be used within the ExpressCard slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: SanDisk Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Hubert, Jason P. Hanlon, Matthijs Hutten
  • Patent number: 7726987
    Abstract: A card fixer is suitable to assist a card to be fixed in a slot of an electronic device. The card fixer includes a body and a clipping structure, wherein the body has a first side and a second side parallel to the first side. A hook is disposed on the first side of the body. The clipping structure extends out of the second side of the body for clipping the card thereon. When the clipping structure of the card fixer clips the card and the assembly of the card fixer with the card is inserted into the slot, the hook is locked on an inside wall of the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
    Inventor: Shih-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 7719847
    Abstract: A multi-memory media adapter having a port, a surface, and a set of contact pins adapted to connect to different types of flash cards. Signals are mapped to the contact pins depending upon the type of flash card. In one embodiment, a controller has signal lines connected to an interconnection means which connects wires, cables or traces to the sets of contact pins. Signals are mapped on the signal lines depending upon the type of flash card inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: MCM Portfolio LLC
    Inventors: Sreenath Mambakkam, Venkidu Arockiyaswamy, Larry Lawson Jones
  • Patent number: 7703692
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a memory card that is a second memory card provided in connection with a first memory card. The first and second memory cards include: a body portion having the shape of a rectangular plate; and guide portions that project from both sides of the body portion in a width direction of the body portion and extend in a longitudinal direction of the body portion. Each guide portion has a thickness less than a thickness of the body portion. The first and second memory cards are equal in thickness and length of the body portion and distance between tips of the guide portions. The body portion of the second memory card has a width greater than a width of the body portion of the first memory card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Aoki, Keiichi Tsutsui
  • Patent number: 7699660
    Abstract: An adapter assembly is disclosed that enables a memory card having a smaller length than a standard ExpressCard to be compatible with the standard ExpressCard slot. The adapter assembly includes an adapter having side rails configured to disable the ExpressCard slot ejector mechanisms. The adapter assembly further includes a tongue provided for rigidly connecting the adapter to a finger grip, which gets positioned outside of the opening of the ExpressCard slot upon insertion of the adapter assembly into the slot. The adapter allows a memory card having the approximate size, look and feel of a conventional CompactFlash card to be used in a conventional ExpressCard slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: SanDisk Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Hubert, Jason P. Hanlon, Jordan Macdonald
  • Patent number: 7677909
    Abstract: A PC card has a card body portion in which a first card terminal portion is formed in one end and a second card terminal portion is formed in the other end. The card terminal portion has a chip slot. A SIM card inserted through an insertion port into the chip slot is electrically connected to a printed circuit board. The insertion port of the chip slot is opened in an outer side face of the second card terminal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Ujii, Masato Nakashima
  • Patent number: 7659606
    Abstract: Disclosed is a contacting unit, with plug-in card-shaped housing, having a base plate and a cover plate, between which a slit-like plug-in channel opening on one end of the housing is formed to receive a chip card, and which is provided on the other side with a connector strip, in which the plug-in channel is essentially open on both sides over its entire length in the plug-in direction of the chip card, and the base plate and the cover plate are firmly connected to each other only in the area connected to the plug-in channel in the plug-in direction, wherein at least one lateral guide device is arranged on one end on base plate and/or cover plate, which at least partially bounds the plug-in channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: STOCKO Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Dieter Klatt
  • Patent number: 7620754
    Abstract: A carrier module is physically compatible with a XENPAK/X2 10 GE slot and includes a socket for accepting a non-XENPAK/X2 module and interface circuitry for providing appropriate signals to a XENPAK/X2 70-pin connector on an interior side of the carrier module. The carrier module includes a cookie, accessible by host software, identifying the type of carrier module and non-XENPAK/X2 module accepted by the carrier card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Yee, Eric Wiles, James P. Rivers, Sandeep Arvind Patel, William F. Edwards, Jr., Jeffrey Provost
  • Patent number: 7575481
    Abstract: A USB plug with a built-in card-reading slot having a metal housing meeting the specification of a USB A-Type plug and an isolation substrate enclosed within the metal housing. A first slot in electric connection to a USB female plug is created at a first surface thereof. The thickness of partial portion of the isolation substrate is less than 1.2 mm such that a second slot for the insertion of a thin-type Micro SD/T-Flash memory card is formed between the second surface and the second wall. A plurality of metal terminals is positioned on the second surface for an electric connection to the memory card such that the second slot 46 is formed as a thin-type card-reading slot for the SD/T-Flash memory card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Inventor: Chen-Ya Liu
  • Patent number: 7522424
    Abstract: A multi-memory media adapter comprised of a first planar element having an upper surface and a lower surface, a second planar element having an upper surface and a lower surface, and formed from a single material. The two planar elements form at least one port, each port capable of receiving one or more types of a memory media card. The adapter has at least one set of contact pins protruding from the lower surface of the first planar element or the upper surface of the second planar element such that the at least one set of contact pins are disposed within the port. The at least one set of contact pins are capable of contacting the contacts of a memory media card inserted into the port. For one embodiment a controller chip is embedded within the single material forming the multi-memory media adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: MCM Portfolio LLC
    Inventors: Sreenath Mambakkan, Venkidu Arockiyaswamy, Larry Lawson Jones
  • Patent number: 7505277
    Abstract: A system comprises a chassis and a slot that is externally accessible on the chassis. The slot is configured to receive a first electronic device having a first electrical interface type. The slot is also configured to receive an adapter comprising a second electrical device having a second electrical interface type that is different than the first electrical interface type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Mark S. Tracy, Jeffrey A. Lev, Walter J. Rankins, Walter Fry
  • Patent number: 7479042
    Abstract: A USB connector type memory card adapter is disclosed to include a metal shield covered with a cover shell having a memory card insertion hole and insertable into a USB jack of an electronic apparatus, a USB connector unit mounted inside the metal shield and electrically connectable to the USB jack into which the metal shield is inserted, and a memory card module longitudinally connected to the rear end of the USB connector unit in a flush manner inside the metal shield and electrically connected to the USB connector unit for receiving the inserted memory card and electrically connecting the inserted memory card to the USB connector unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Singim International Corp.
    Inventor: I-Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 7458519
    Abstract: A card tray to be mounted to a memory card can make the memory card mountable in a card slot for memory cards conforming to standards different from those to which the memory card conforms. The card tray has a main body and a recessed mount section. The recessed mount section is formed such that the holder of a second memory card can be mounted to one of the major surfaces of the main body. A memory-card-mounted body is produced when the second memory card is mounted to the recessed mount section. The card tray is configured such that, when the first memory card is placed on the memory-card-mounted body with the left and right edges thereof aligned with each other, the contact pieces of the first memory card and the contact pieces of the second memory card have longitudinally overlapping parts and transversally overlapping parts as viewed from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Aoki, Keiichi Tsutsui, Hirotaka Nishizawa, Takashi Totsuka
  • Patent number: 7445476
    Abstract: A PC card has a card body portion in which a first card terminal portion is formed in one end and a second card terminal portion is formed in the other end. The card terminal portion has a chip slot. A SIM card inserted through an insertion port into the chip slot is electrically connected to a printed circuit board. The insertion port of the chip slot is opened in an outer side face of the second card terminal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Ujii, Masato Nakashima
  • Patent number: 7440287
    Abstract: An extended Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) connector plug and socket each have a pin substrate with one surface that supports the four metal contact pins for the standard USB interface. An extension of the pin substrate carries another 8 extension metal contact pins that mate when both the connector plug and socket are extended. The extension can be an increased length of the plug's and socket's pin substrate or a reverse side of the substrate. Standard USB connectors do not make contact with the extension metal contacts that are recessed, retracted by a mechanical switch, or on the extension of the socket's pin substrate that a standard USB connector cannot reach. Standard USB sockets do not make contact with the extension metal contacts because the extended connector's extension contacts are recessed, or on the extension of the connector pin substrate that does not fit inside a standard USB socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Super Talent Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Chin-Nan Ni, David Q. Chow, Frank I-Kang Yu, Abraham C. Ma, Ming-Shiang Shen
  • Patent number: 7427026
    Abstract: An adapter, along with a method of fabricating the adapter, for a memory card connector to enable a miniature memory card to be inserted into a larger, standard memory card connector. A two-part housing is provided of a size and shape to simulate a standard memory card. The housing includes a base housing part defining a substantial portion of an inner cavity for receiving a miniature memory card. An inner housing part is separate from and independent of the base housing part. A plurality of terminals are mounted on the inner housing part to define a subassembly which is mounted on the base housing part. Each terminal includes a first contact portion at one end thereof for engaging an appropriate contact on the standard memory card connector. Each terminal includes a second contact portion at an opposite end thereof for engaging an appropriate contact of the miniature memory card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Yutaka Kojima, Hideyuki Hirata
  • Patent number: 7425157
    Abstract: A memory card adapter includes a cover, a base, a connecting apparatus and a flexible strip. An inserting groove is formed between the cover and the base. Two retaining walls are arranged in two sides of the base. An opening is opened in the retaining wall and connects the inserting groove. The connecting apparatus is fixed in the rear of the base. The flexible strip includes a main part showing a strip shape, an extending end formed in the front end of the main part and against the outside of the retaining wall, and a bending portion formed between the main part and the extending end and protruding into the inserting groove from the opening of the retaining wall. The flexible strip can fasten a Micro SD card in the memory card adapter firmly, while the Micro SD card is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Pei-Chiau Hung
  • Patent number: 7422445
    Abstract: A sinking electrical card connector includes an insulating housing (10) sinking partially into a hole defined on a printed circuit board (30) (PCB), a number of terminals (20) retained in the insulating housing, a shell (40) mounted on the insulating housing, wherein a pair of holding portions 120 and 120? are formed by the opposite lateral walls of the insulating housing extending outwardly, and each holding portion engages with an edge of the hole of the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: HonHai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yung-Chang Cheng
  • Patent number: 7416451
    Abstract: A card adapter comprises a main body (50) having an insertion slot (51) into which a memory card (M) is inserted; a first contact member (10) having first contact points (11) for contacting a first array of electrodes (M1) and first connecting portions (12) to be connected to a connector with base portions (13) located between the first contact points (11) and the first connecting portions (12); a second contact member (20) having second contact points (21) for contacting a second array of electrodes (M2) and second connecting portions (22) to be connected to a connector with base portions (23) located between the second contact points (21) and the second connecting portions (22); the first contact member (10) and the second contact member (20) being arranged within the main body (50) in such a way that the first contact points (11) and the second contact points (21) are located at different positions in a direction to which the memory card (M) is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Hosiden Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Tanaka, Yasuo Nakai
  • Patent number: 7385827
    Abstract: The invention relates to a contacting unit for a card-type carrier element in electronic component groups with a housing, the contact unit including a bonding pad on one end face, a slot-like slide-in port that joins on the end face opposite the bonding pad, into which the card-type carrier element, especially a chip card in accordance with ISO 7816, can be inserted, and a printed circuit board, arranged in the housing parallel to the slide-in port and electrically connected to the bonding pad, wherein said printed circuit board is equipped on one surface with contact elements for contacting the card-type carrier element, characterized in that said unit is designed in accordance with the PCMCIA Express Card Standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: STOCKO Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Dieter Klatt
  • Patent number: 7382625
    Abstract: An express card adapted to receive and utilize a SIM card that can be electrically coupled with a computer is disclosed. The express card includes an extended portion with a printed circuit board (PCB) and a SIM card connector for coupling a SIM card with the PCB. An external antenna jack is electrically coupled with the PCB extended portion. An antenna/SIM card support structure is mounted on the PCB extended portion covering the SIM card connector. The antenna/SIM. card support structure forms a slot adapted to receive and seat a SIM card and form an electrical connection between the SIM card and the SIM card connector. A metallic flex antenna can be affixed to the antenna/SIM card support structure such that the antenna characteristics of an external antenna can be affected based on the metallization pattern and placement of the metallic flex antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Curtis W. Thornton, Brian Francis Mellage
  • Patent number: 7371119
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved card adapter structure which includes an upper cover, a lower cover and a converter terminal set. The upper cover is designed to conform to short memory card specifications, wherein an insertion slot is defined at the rear of the upper cover corresponding to the shape of a micro memory card. A port is configured in a central portion of the lower cover to accommodate a micro memory card. The converter terminal set is configured with eleven terminals, wherein an injection molded fixing mount fixedly covers each pin of the converter terminal set, and eleven pins extend outward towards a short memory card opening. Pin three and pin six are jointly configured with a large grounding area, and eight pins extend outward towards the micro memory card port. Accordingly, the adapter structure conveniently converts a micro memory card into a short memory card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Inventor: Yun-Hsiu Lee
  • Patent number: 7346371
    Abstract: A portable terminal device includes a first body having an operation section on a main surface thereof, a second body having a display section on a main surface thereof, a connection device for connecting the first body and the second body so that the portable terminal device is openable and closable, a memory storage section having an opening section openable to another main surface of the second body, a lid for opening and closing the opening section and retaining a removable memory in the memory storage section, wherein the operation section is covered by the second body when the portable terminal device is in a closed state, and is exposed to the outside when the portable terminal device is in an open state, and the display section is exposed to the outside in either the closed or opened state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Ken Tomatsu
  • Patent number: 7341461
    Abstract: A memory card adapter is disclosed to include a connecting substrate with metal contacts, a multi-in-one memory card connector bonded to the connecting substrate for receiving one of a set of memory cards, a connecting terminal set, which has a plurality of metal terminals mounted in an electrically insulative terminal holder block with a rear bonding end of each metal terminal respectively bonded to the metal contacts of the connecting substrate and a front bonding ends for bonding to a PC board, a PC board, which has an electric connector at one end for connection to a notebook computer or the like and a plurality of metal contacts respectively bonded to the front bonding ends of the metal terminals of the connecting terminal set, and an electrically insulative housing, which has a rectangular frame that accommodates the connecting substrate and the PC board and two cover shells respectively covered on top and bottom sides of the rectangular frame over the connecting substrate and the PC board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Chant Sincere Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming Hui Yen, Chien Hsun Chu
  • Patent number: 7326086
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved card adapter structure that includes an upper cover, a lower cover, a converter terminal set and a positioning elastic strip set. The upper cover has a structure designed to conform to short memory card (MS) specifications, wherein an insertion slot is defined at the rear of the upper cover corresponding to the shape of a micro memory card (M2). The lower cover has a fixing portions and a positioning structure corresponding to those of the upper cover. Moreover, at least one terminal of the No. four, six, seven and eight terminals of the converter terminal set is configured with a gap that is joined to an electric resistance. The positioning elastic strip set is correspondingly located between both covers. Accordingly, the present invention is able to convert a micro memory card into a short memory card of relatively larger size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Inventor: Yun-Hsiu Lee
  • Patent number: 7324347
    Abstract: A memory card includes: a main body of the memory card in which a notched section is formed; a semiconductor memory; and a write/nonwrite setting element for setting the write/nonwrite state of data in the semiconductor memory, the write/nonwrite setting element being slidably fitted in the notched section, wherein the main body of the memory card includes an upper main body and a lower main body; at least one of the upper main body and the lower main body has an elastic guide formed within the notched section; the write/nonwrite setting element slides along the elastic guide so as to set the write/nonwrite state of the data in the semiconductor memory; and the elastic guide has an engagement portion for engagedly stopping the write/nonwrite setting element so as to select the position of the write/nonwrite setting element with respect to the elastic guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Nakanishi, Takashi Torii, Noriaki Furuta, Takahiro Sakamoto, Masayoshi Yano
  • Patent number: 7314388
    Abstract: An adapter to be attached to a memory card for changing an external shape such that it can be inserted into a memory card insertion section of specific type equipment is provided. The adapter includes: an adapter body for defining a space housing the memory card; a write protect mechanism including a write enable/disable setting member which is slidable with respect to the adapter body; and a terminal portion located in the adapter body, which is formed so as to be electrically connected to a terminal portion of the memory card when the memory card is housed in the adapter body, and in which the write protect mechanism sets whether to enable or disable writing of data into the memory card in accordance with the position of the write enable/disable setting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamada, Masayoshi Yano
  • Patent number: 7303442
    Abstract: A connector (100) for receiving at least two types of memory cards differing in outer shapes and contact pad positions includes an insulative housing (1), a terminal module insert (3) fixedly assembled to the housing and a positioning member (4) detachably assembled in the housing and abutting against the insert. The housing defines a pair of positioning slots (223) and a fastener (224) formed in each positioning slot. The positioning member includes a body (41) and a pair of legs (42) interferentially engaging with the fasteners of the housing for securely holding the insert in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chia Hao Fan
  • Patent number: RE42410
    Abstract: An adapter to be attached to a memory card for changing an external shape such that it can be inserted into a memory card insertion section of specific type equipment is provided. The adapter includes: an adapter body for defining a space housing the memory card; a write protect mechanism including a write enable/disable setting member which is slidable with respect to the adapter body; and a terminal portion located in the adapter body, which is formed so as to be electrically connected to a terminal portion of the memory card when the memory card is housed in the adapter body, and in which the write protect mechanism sets whether to enable or disable writing of data into the memory card in accordance with the position of the write enable/disable setting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamada, Masayoshi Yano