Abstract: A connector 11 for a memory card includes a housing 12, a plate 14, a guide plate 16, a lock mechanism 18, and a connector pin keeping part 20. When a memory card 24 is inserted in the full-lock position, a connector pin 28 of the memory card 24 contacts a contacting part 40d of a connector pin 40 so as to press the contacting part 40d of the connector pin 40 downward. Thus, a reading and writing of data available a loading operation of the memory card 24. At this time, after a lock member 56 of the lock mechanism 18 moved in the inserting direction while fitting in the concavity 32 of the memory card 24, the memory card 24 is prevented from being pulled out since the lock member 56 of the lock mechanism 18 is restricted from the moving in the lock releasing direction by a restriction part 14o of the plate 14.

Abstract: A recording media unit is provided that includes a slot through which a recording media is inserted into and ejected out of the recording media unit, a recording media holder, movably attached inside the recording media unit, for supporting a recording media, and a recording media holding mechanism, connected to the recording media holder, having a spring member. The recording media holder that supports the recording media that has been moved to an intermediate position along a direction in which the recording media is inserted is moved by a spring force of the spring member to a position where the recording media is pulled inside the recording media unit or to a position where the recording media protrudes from the slot.

Abstract: An insertion detection switch is provided for detecting that a recording medium on which electrode pads are formed is inserted. The insertion detection switch has a first contact and a second contact that are electro-independently arranged on an insertion trajectory of one of the electrode pads of the recording medium. The first contact and the second contact are electrically connected via one of electrode pads when the recording medium is inserted to a predetermined installation position.

Abstract: A recording media unit includes a slot through which a recording media is inserted into and ejected out of the recording media unit, a first shutter, attached to the recording media unit, that closes the slot in a state where the recording media is not accommodated in the recording media unit, and a second shutter, pivotably attached to the recording media unit, that closes the slot in a state where the recording media is accommodated in the recording media unit. The first shutter is configured to open in accordance with an insertion operation of the recording media in which the recording media pushes the first shutter, and the second shutter is configured to rotate about a pivot at one end of the second shutter in accordance with an ejection operation of the recording media in which the recording media pushes the second shutter.

Abstract: When a memory card is inserted into a housing of a memory card connector, a terminal of the memory card contacts a contact terminal so formed as to extend in an inserting direction in the housing. When the memory card reaches a mounting position, a locking mechanism locks the memory card at the mounting position by engaging with a side recess of the memory card.

Abstract: A connector for a memory card includes a tabular housing into which the memory card is inserted, contact terminals formed inside the housing so as to contact corresponding terminals of the memory card and connecting parts formed at respective end parts of the contact terminals and connectable to a conductive pattern of a circuit board. In the above-mentioned connector, each of the contact terminals is formed to extend to the top surface and the bottom surface of the housing.

Abstract: An electronic device having a terminal unit disposed within a window formed on the casing is provided. This terminal unit is protected from an inadvertent touch. The electronic device of the present invention includes the casing and the terminal unit that is formed on a substrate disposed in the casing and has one or more terminals exposed through the window formed on the surface of the casing. This electronic device further includes a cover to block up the window. The cover is detachably mounted to the window.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a card adapter which can reliably and easily connect and disconnect a card-shaped electronic device. The card adapter 1 includes a chassis 10, a push member 40 disposed in the chassis 10 for pushing a CF card 2, an eject lever 50 movably mounted with respect to the chassis 10, a link arm 60 pivotably mounted on the chassis 10 via a rotation axis 13, and the like. In the card adapter 1, one end of the link arm 60 is linked with the push member 40 via a first linking part 14, and the other end of the link arm 60 is linked with the eject lever 50 via a second linking part, whereby the movement of the eject lever 50 is transmitted to the push member 40 via the link arm 60. According to such a structure, the card adapter 1 can reliably and easily connect and disconnect the CF card 2.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a card adapter for electrically connecting electrical connecting portions of a card-shaped electronic device such as a CF card to contacts in a slot for a PC card provided in a personal computer. The card adapter 1 includes a chassis 10, a pair of conducting plates 40 provided on the upper and lower sides of the chassis 10, and a grounding member 20, and the like. The grounding member 20 is used to provide an electrical path for electrically connecting a grounding contact portion of the CF card to a grounding part of the slot without using the conducting plates 40 and it is formed into a single part. By using such a grounding member 20, the card adapter 1 can directly connect the grounding contact portion of the CF card to the grounding part of the slot to accomplish stable and reliable grounding.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a card adapter which can reliably isolate a slot provided in a personal computer and a card-shaped electronic device from a user. The card adapter 1 includes a chassis 10, a pair of conducting plates 70, 71 provided on the upper and lower sides of the chassis 10, and the like. The chassis 10 includes a pair of arms 17L, 17R, and the tip portions of the arms 17L, 17R are provided with a pair of insulating grip portions 18L, 18R, respectively, for insulating the pair of conducting plates 70, 71 from a user. According to such a structure, the card adapter 1 can prevent the possibility that static electricity charged in the body of a user is discharged to the slot or to the card-shaped electronic device connected to the card adapter 1 through conductive parts such as the conducting plates 70, 71 and the like so that electronic circuits provided in the card-shaped electronic device or in the slot are broken or damaged.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a USB interface device allowing a variety of peripheral devices including USB hubs connected through USB interfaces to be connected thereto without using cables. The USB interface device includes a first-type connector provided to a first surface of a case and/or a second-type connector provided to a second surface of the case opposing the first surface, and a USB hub circuit provided in the case so as to connect the connectors, wherein the first-type and second-type connectors are connectable to each other, and the first-type connector of the USB interface device is connected to the second-type connector of another USB interface device and the second-type connector of the USB interface device is connected to the first-type connector of yet another USB interface device when a plurality of USB interface devices are layered one over another.

Abstract: A connector includes a housing formed of resin and having contacts provided therein, a shield case formed of metal, engaging grooves formed in the housing, and engaging convex parts formed on the shield case. The housing is inserted into the shield case so as to be attached thereto. The engaging convex parts engage the engaging grooves when the housing is inserted into the shield case.

Abstract: A connector in which it is possible to prevent its contact from being disengaged or displaced from a groove of a contact holding member is disclosed. The connector includes a shielding cover, a plurality of contacts (terminals) arranged inside the shielding cover, and a contact holding member for holding the contacts inside the shielding cover. The contact holding member is formed with a plurality of grooves, and each groove is formed with opposite protruding portions along its longitudinal direction for restricting the movement of the contact in a direction away from a bottom surface of the groove.

Abstract: A connector includes a contact having an end part connected to another connection device and another end part connected to a cable, and a housing part fixed to the contact by pushing the contact with pressure, wherein the housing part has a first housing part and a second housing part mounted to the first housing part and having a float stop part, the other end part of the contact extends from the first housing part in a state where the contact is fixed to the housing part, and the other end part of the contact is received with the float stop part of the second housing part whereby the contact is prevented from floating.