Abstract: An extender card is formed from first and second plastic clamshell halves which are intermated with one another and ultrasonically welded together. The first clamshell half is sized to be received within an outer periphery of the second clamshell so that, once welded, the resulting extender card housing body is strong and attractive in that the weld is internal and hidden from view. A cable tie is secured to a cable extending from the extender card and received within a collar of the extender card housing body to provide strain relief for the cable. One or more apertures are formed through the extender card housing body to allow access to a PCMCIA card or PC card installed adjacent to the extender card, for example, to a modular jack receiving structure of a PC modem or network card.

Abstract: The present invention is designed to have half the thickness of physical/electrical media connectors such as the RJ-11 and the RJ-45 jacks. One embodiment of the present invention is an RJ-11 or an RJ-45 jack with a reduced thickness. The thickness of the present invention permits more than one media jack to be mounted in a Type I or a Type II PCMCIA card. The slim jack can be mounted either to the PCB or to the housing of the PCMCIA cards.

Abstract: A physical/electrical media jack is configured for electrically coupling with a physical/electrical media plug. The jack includes a housing having an interior chamber communicating with the exterior through an opening. Positioned on opposing sides of the opening are a pair of blocking ridges each having an inside sloping edge. In one embodiment, dovetailed splines are positioned on the exterior surface of the housing for receipt in complementary keyways formed in the border frame of a PC Card or the casing of an electrical apparatus. The jack further includes a retractable access portion having an aperture formed therein for receiving a media plug. The second end of the retractable access portion is slidably received within the opening in the housing. Outwardly projecting from opposing sides of the retractable access portion at the second end are a pair of retention lips. The retention lips bias against the blocking ridges to prevent unwanted removal of the retractable access portion from the housing.

Abstract: A ground electrode is disposed between a card-side connector and an upper panel, movably forward or backward in the card insertion direction, the ground electrode including protuberances projecting through the protuberance receiving holes of the upper panel. The ground electrode is energized to move forward in the card insertion direction by means of a torsion spring such that, when the PC card is inserted into a 16-bit card slot corresponding to a predetermined high driving voltage, the protuberances in the protuberance receiving holes are moved backward in the card insertion direction against the spring force of the torsion spring.

Abstract: A Type III PCMCIA communications card for insertion in a slot in a host computer comprises a housing including a top wall and longitudinal, parallel side walls depending from the top wall, the longitudinal side walls and top wall defining an internal cavity enclosed by a bottom cover panel. The housing further has a forward end, a rear margin and a rear end surface, the rear margin of the housing defining at least one substantially longitudinally oriented receptacle extending forwardly from the rear end surface and sized and configured to receive a standard RJ-type modular plug. A substrate, mounted within the cavity of the housing, supports electronic components for carrying out the communications function.

Abstract: A PC Card is provided which can be inserted in the PCMCIA slot of a host system either right side up or inverted. The card includes a front portion conforming to the PCMCIA Type II thickness standard and a rear portion conforming to the PCMCIA Type III thickness standard. The card is so configured that two cards can be stacked in complementary fashion and inserted in a host system Type III slot, one card thus being connected to one of the 68-pin slot connectors and the other card being connected to the other 68-pin slot connector. Circuitry is provided for use in an invertible PC Card for electronically detecting the presence, type and orientation of the card, for managing power supply voltages and for directing, or, if the card is inverted, for redirecting the signals appearing at the various pins of the card connector as necessary.

Abstract: In the IC card of the present invention, a substrate member received in an accommodating portion of a case is held grippingly between an upper cover and a lower cover, therefore, the conventional frame is not needed. Thus, the IC card of the invention is superior in productivity and is less expensive.

Abstract: The present invention is an adaptor module that allows an electrical connection to be established between a communication system and a communication card. Advantageously, the adaptor module can be configured to provide an interface between the communication card and various communication systems, such as conventional telephone systems, cellular telephone systems, digital telephone systems, local area networks (LANs), personal area networks (PANs), wireless systems, etc. Additionally, the adaptor module can provide an interface between a plurality of communication systems and the communication card. For example, the adaptor module may provide an interface for a plurality of connectors from the same type of communication system and/or the adaptor module may provide an interface for connectors from different types of communication systems. Advantageously, the adaptor module can provide simultaneous communication with these various communication systems.

Abstract: The present invention is a shield which protects the electrical connections between a media interface and a physical/electrical media connector. The shield is made of a material which meets the electrical and safety specifications found in the IEEE 950 standard and the UL 1950 standard When a media connector is inserted in a media interface used in Type I and Type II PCMCIA cards, the shield covers and isolates the electrical connections between the media interface and the media connector and prevents current from flowing to an external object.

Abstract: A molded plastic saddle (19) lies at the front of a PC card (10), the saddle connecting to the front connector (18), the front of the circuit board (16), and the front of the lower cover part (12) in connections that are easily performed by the PC card maker who assembles the components. The saddle has laterally spaced opposite saddle side portions (120, 122) connected by a laterally-extending crossbar (28). Each saddle side portion has a cutout (38) in its side, and the sheet metal lower cover part has upstanding side rails (51, 52) with front portions forming holdown tabs (53) that are bent to extend into the cutouts to lock the front of the lower housing part to the saddle and thereby to the front connector and the front end of the circuit board.

Abstract: A removable modular connector housing is disclosed and claimed for use in an electronic device and two devices that are insertable in the modular removable connect or integral thereto. The removable connector is particularly suited for insertion within a thin-architecture communications card such as a PCMCIA card. A standard interface scheme between the removable modular connector includes a multiple-pin socket and/or a multiple-runner array that is external to the housing of the removable modular connector. The removable modular connector is suited for various types of devices including land line jacks, video interfaces, cable connects, and other electronic devices that are connectable to larger systems such as computers, cameras, and hand-held digital assistants.

Abstract: A socket assembly for releasably mating with an electrical connector plug utilizes a plurality of fixed leads, and optionally a moveable retainer frame. The fixed leads are in direct electrical communication with an electrical circuit, such as the modem portion of a computing device. At least a portion of each lead remains anchored in a position fixed relative to the electrical circuit and are directly connected to the circuit traces of the electrical circuit. The optional retainer frame is preferably movable between a storage position and a ready position. In the ready position, the retainer frame is adapted to receive and retain the connector plug in a mated position such that the contacts of the connector plug are brought into contact with the fixed leads. In other embodiments, the housing of the electrical circuit includes a socket cavity which is adapted to receive the connector plug.

Abstract: A transfer molded PC card standard or small form factor card electronic package includes a substrate that has an integrated circuit package thereon and an electrical connector along a side of the substrate. In addition, an upper cover extends over at least a portion of the substrate and the electrical connector. A lower cover extends over at least a portion of the substrate and the electrical connector and a transfer molded encapsulant covers the substrate and a portion of the upper cover and the lower cover. The portion of the upper cover and the lower cover are covered by the encapsulant and includes a first flange attached to a portion of a periphery of the upper cover and a second flange that is attached to a portion of the periphery of the lower cover.

Abstract: A PC card includes a circuit board having an electrical component mounted on the face thereof and an I/O connector coupled to an end thereof. The circuit board is enclosed by a metal casing. The casing includes a top cover having a pair of sidewalls projecting from the sides thereof. Each top sidewall has an outside face with an engagement shelf projecting therefrom. The base cover includes a pair of bottom sidewall projecting at opposing sides thereof. Each of the bottom sidewalls has an inside face with an engagement ridge projecting therefrom. The bottom sidewalls are configured such that the locking ridges engage the shelf when the top cover and base cover are pressed together with the circuit board positioned therebetween. Projecting from the inside face of the top cover is a shield wall encircling a heat sink. The shield wall encircles the component on the circuit board when the top and base cover are attached together.

Abstract: A connector includes a modular housing having a jack slidably disposed thereto. The housing includes a substantially U-shaped frame having a cover mounted thereon. A printed circuit board (PCB) is secured to the frame and has an elongated center finger extending between the opposing side walls of the frame. A plurality of partially exposed contact lines are formed on the center finger of the PCB. The jack includes a slide plate having an aperture extending therethrough and a channel communicating with the aperture. The aperture is configured to receive a media plug. Mounted on the slide plate so as to be positioned over the channel is a pin block. The pin block has a plurality of elongated slots formed therein. The slots face the channel and are separated by insulating walls. Disposed within each of the elongated slots is a substantially S-shaped pin.

Abstract: An improved electrical connector for use in a communications card for interfacing between a media connector and a downsized computer is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the communications card comprises a retractable access portion and a fixed portion. The retractable access portion has an aperture formed therein configured to receive the media connector. A conductive terminal having a first and a second end mates with both the retractable access portion and the fixed portion. The first end makes electrical contact with the media connector while, simultaneously, the second end slidingly makes electrical contact with the fixed portion as the retractable access portion is extended beyond the computer housing during use. The sliding contact is accomplished by means of a conductive track disposed on the fixed portion. Since the fixed portion is in electrical communication with the computer, the media connector is also in electrical communication with the computer.

Abstract: A Type III PCMCIA communications card for insertion in a slot in a host computer comprises a housing including a top wall and longitudinal, parallel side walls depending from the top wall, the longitudinal side walls and top wall defining an internal cavity enclosed by a bottom cover panel. The housing further has a forward end, a rear margin and a rear end surface, the rear margin of the housing defining at least one substantially longitudinally oriented receptacle extending forwardly from the rear end surface and sized and configured to receive a standard RJ-type modular plug. A substrate, mounted within the cavity of the housing, supports electronic components for carrying out the communications function.

Abstract: A PCMCIA card structure includes a front connector, a frame, a substrate, and a sheet metal cover having a top cover panel. A ground plate having rearwardly extending ground contacts is carried on the upper surface of the connector. The frame includes an insulative cross beam disposed adjacent to the rear of the connector, the cross beam serving to support the top cover panel of the card, to prevent the top cover panel from contacting the connector ground plate or the contacts extending from the ground plate, and, along with portions of the ground plate, to close off the space between the connector and the front edge of the top cover panel. The ground plate has a transverse length shorter than that of the connector, thereby defining end shoulder surfaces along the upper surface of the connector. The top cover panel includes a pair of laterally spaced, forwardly extending tabs, each tab overlying an end shoulder surface on the connector.

Abstract: A thin electronic card (10) can securely receive and connect to contacts of an RJ or telephone type plug (40). The card has a vertical hole (52) through which the RJ plug can be inserted. The front wall (84) of the hole has downwardly-facing card shoulders (80,82) for abutting the upwardly-facing shoulders (70,72) of the RJ plug latch (62), and the front wall has a rib (96) with an upwardly-facing shoulder(100) that lies below and laterally between the other card shoulders to engage a largely downwardly-facing shoulder (92) on the latch. The hole is formed in an adaptor (50) that can slide forward (F) and rearward (R). The adaptor includes a frame (110) that forms the front wall of the hole and the shoulders thereat, and a separate contact block (112). The contact block slides a shorter distance than the frame when both of them are slid to the fully stowed position within the card frame (32).

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved CF card adapter comprising a synthetic resin frame, upper and bottom metal covers attached to the synthetic resin frame, a CF card receptacle formed on the rear side of the synthetic resin frame, a pin header having pin contacts exposed on its rear side; a printed circuit board whose printed circuit is connected to the pin contacts of the pin header, and a female receptacle connector part formed on the front side of the adapter body. The female receptacle connector part is electrically connected to the printed circuit, and is adapted to be inserted in the PC card slot of an electric or electronic device. One of the upper and bottom metal covers has grounding pieces integrally connected to the length round the outside of the rectangular metal sheet. These grounding pieces are CF card grounding pieces, printed circuit grounding pieces, and grounding pieces to the PC card slot and the other metal cover.

Abstract: An electrical coupling system includes a printed circuit board (PCB) that is selectively fixed to an electrical apparatus. The PCB has an elongated finger with a plurality of partially exposed contact lines formed thereon. A jack includes a slide plate having an aperture extending therethrough and a channel communicating with the aperture. The aperture is configured to receive a media plug. Mounted on the slide plate so as to be positioned over the channel is a pin block. The pin block has a plurality of elongated slots formed therein. The slots face the channel and are separated by insulating walls. Disposed within each of the elongated slots is a substantially S-shaped pin. Each pin has a tail end that is mounted to the pin block, a downwardly curved portion that extends within the channel, and an opposing lead end which is freely disposed within the aperture of the slide plate.

Abstract: A contacting unit for a card with electronic components has a housing with an insertion slot for receiving a card with electronic components. The housing has at least one lateral slot cutout for receiving a card with electronic components. A printed circuit board is positioned within the housing. The printed circuit board has contacting elements for the electronic components of the cards. The housing has a connector field at one lateral side thereof. The printed circuit board is connected to the connector field. The housing is designed so as to receive a plurality of cards in at least one plane of the housing in at least one arrangement including a stacked arrangement, a staggered arrangement, a side-by-side arrangement, an overlapping arrangement, an end-to-end arrangement, and a head-to-tail arrangement.

Abstract: In an I/O card has a case having metallic top and bottom covers, a printed circuit board mounted in the case, a connector disposed in the case for connecting with a personal computer system, and a card side I/O connector disposed in the case for mating with a cable side I/O connector connected to external device, the card side I/O connector is provided with no shell but is in direct contact with the metallic top and bottom covers, so that the both covers came in direct contact with a metallic shell of the cable side I/O connector when the cable side I/O connector is mated with the card side I/O connector. In an embodiment, the top cover is provided with locking pieces which engages with elastic locks of the cable side I/O connector for locking a mating condition between the card side I/O connector and the cable side I/O connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a housing having front and rear faces. A plurality of terminal cells is defined between the front and rear faces and each assembled a terminal therein. Each terminal includes a base portion retained within the terminal passageway and a tail portion extends beyond the rear face. At least a recess is defined in an upper face of the housing in communication with one of the terminal cell. At least an EMI shield assembled to the housing includes a grounding tab extending into the corresponding terminal cell through the recess.

Abstract: A contact system is disclosed that comprises a metal contact disposed in a dielectric body. The dielectric body is disposed in a printed circuit board depression and the metal contact has at least one folded section that makes electrical contact with the printed circuit board. The inventive contact system is particularly useful for EMI and ESD control in peripheral cards such as PCMCIA cards.

Abstract: A card connector comprises a base, a cover, anti-disorientation means, and a plurality of conductive contacts. The anti-disorientation means is formed to have a concave bottom edge and tapered side edges, wherein the inner side edge is shorter then the outer side edge. A card defining a notch in a front corner thereof is inserted into the card connector. When the card is properly inserted into the connector, the configuration of the notch and the bottom edge of the anti-disorientation means will allow the card to bypass the anti-disorientation means. When the card is improperly inserted into the connector, a corner of the card will abut against the anti-disorientation means thereby prohibiting the card from being further inserted into the connector.

Abstract: A contacting unit for a card with electronic components has a base plate with an array of contacts arranged at one edge of the base plate. A cover plate is connected to the base plate at least in the area of the edge and in the area of corners of the base plate remote from the edge. The cover plate is congruant to and positioned parallel to the base plate. A printed circuit board is connected to the base plate so as to extend parallel thereto between the base plate and the cover plate. The printed circuit board and the cover plate delimit therebetween a receiving slot for a card with electronic components. The printed circuit board has a first set of contacting elements for contacting the electronic components of the card.

Abstract: A new host (14) and new PC card (12) are provided that have more than the standard two rows (16,18) of 34 contact positions each, where the new host can not only engage the new card but can also engage types I, II, and III standard PCMCIA cards so the new host is backward compatible to the large number of existing standard cards. The new PC card has the standard two rows (16,18) of 34 contact positions vertically spaced by 11/4 mm and has third and fourth additional rows (20,22) of card contact positions vertically spaced from the standard rows. The new card front end has laterally opposite card sides forming runners (44,48) of the standard thickness of about 3.3 mm, with the runners having upper and lower surfaces (72,74) lying respectively above and below the standard pair of rows, and with at least the third row lying above the level of the upper runner surfaces.

Abstract: An electronic card which includes a printed circuit board interposed between card shields having edges. Tabs on an edge of one shield engage recesses on the edge of the other shield. The jointed shields of the card provide high level of rigidity, sufficient to exceed applicable bending and torsional resistance specification. Adequate rigidity is thereby provided. Also included is an I/O connector grounded without a separate ground contact and shielded over its length. The tabs include an arcuate member having a medial oblique projection which engages a ledge of the other shield near the recess.

Abstract: A PC card (30) of standard PCMCIA outside dimensions can connect a Micro Sim card C to a host connector 16 that lies at the rear end of a host passageway 12. The PC card has a housing 10 that includes shell halves (32, 34) with horizontal upper and lower parallel plane main walls (44, 46) which, between them, form a cavity (48) holding a circuit board (36). A small card connector (64) for receiving the Micro Sim card lies on the upper face (37) of the circuit board (36). The upper PC card shell half (32) has a slot (80) for insertion or extraction of the Micro Sim card (C) from the small card connector.

Abstract: An adapter base for receiving a cartridge memory is disclosed, in which a recess is defined in the adapter base by two opposed side walls, a bottom wall and an end wall contiguous with the side walls. A cartridge memory is inserted into the adapter base, and the assembly of the adapter base. The cartridge memory can be received in at least two devices with recesses dimensioned respectively according to the memo cartridge alone or the adapter base containing the memo cartridge.

Abstract: A PC cartridge for computers/game machines, including a bottom shell, an upper shell covered on the bottom shell, a PC board mounted within the bottom shell and the upper shell, and two connection ports connected to two opposite ends of the PC board, wherein the upper shell and bottom shell have a respective pair of locating flanges transversely disposed at two opposite ends and respectively forced into engagement with top and bottom locating grooves of the connection port; the bottom shell has two packing rubbers molded thereon along its two long sides and adapted to hold the connection ports therebetween; the upper shell has two downward front hooks respectively hooked in a respective front hook hole in the packing rubbers, two downward rear hooks respectively hooked in a respective rear mounting groove of the packing rubbers, and two L-shaped coupling flanges raised along its two long sides and respectively forced into engagement with the bottom edges of the packing rubbers.

Abstract: A media jack includes a plate retractably positioned within an opening on a PC card or other electrical apparatus. The plate includes an elongated thin body portion having an enlarged head portion formed at the end thereof. Extending through the body portion is an aperture having a plurality of contact wires projecting therein. The aperture is configured to receive an RJ type connector so that the connector is in electrical communication the contact wires. The enlarged head portion has a front face and an opposing back face which is position below the body portion. Formed on the front face is a socket having electrical contacts received therein. The socket is configured to electrically couple with a PC card type connector. Formed on the back face of the head portion is a slot having a plurality of discrete female contacts. Each of the female contacts are in electrical communication with the contacts in the front socket by electrical lines.

Abstract: A grounding clip (130, 132) is provided which mounts on a rear end cap (60) of a PC card, and which connects a rear connector shell (44) of the PC card to a top 5 sheet metal cover portion (90). The clip has a pair of top spring fingers (140, 142) that lie in recesses (150) in the top surface of the top flange (62) of the rear end cap, and has a bottom finger (144) lying against the lower surface of the top flange and against a tine (104) formed in the shell of the rear connector. The clip lies close to an extreme side (124,126) of the PC card, to remain engaged with the top cover portion despite bending of the cover rear portion that results in its middle (126) being raised above its opposite sides.

Abstract: An electrical card for providing a computer system with a signal processing module, includes metallic top and bottom covers, an insulative supporting frame, a circuit board, a first connector, a second connector and a grounding plate. The grounding plate is securely attached to the first connector by engagement between attachment plates of the grounding plate and extension arms of the first connector. The first connector together with the grounding plate are attached to the supporting frame by means of engagement between L-shaped interlocking members of the first connector and L-shaped interlocking recesses of the supporting frame. The supporting bracket is attachably received in the bottom cover, the second connector is mounted to one end of the circuit board, and the circuit board is received within the supporting bracket whereby the grounding plate forms a grounding path from grounding pads of the circuit board to the bottom cover.

Abstract: Disclosed is an IC card having a connector wherein a socket or a jack can be inserted in a direction that is parallel to the face of the IC card. The connector includes a connector body having a rotatable housing attached thereto. The housing has an opening by which a socket or a jack can be fitted and secured to the connector body. When a socket or a jack is not connected to the IC card, the housing member can lie level along the face of the IC card but when a socket is to be connected, the housing can be raised such that it is almost perpendicular to the face of the IC card. The socket or the jack can therefore be inserted parallel to the face of the IC card.

Abstract: A Type III PCMCIA communications card for insertion in a slot in a host computer comprises a housing including a top wall and longitudinal, parallel side walls depending from the top wall, the longitudinal side walls and top wall defining an internal cavity enclosed by a bottom cover panel. The housing further has a forward end, a rear margin and a rear end surface, the rear margin of the housing defining at least one substantially longitudinally oriented receptacle extending forwardly from the rear end surface and sized and configured to receive a standard RJ-type modular plug. A substrate, mounted within the cavity of the housing, supports electronic components for carrying out the communications function.

Abstract: A PCMCIA accessory card is provided which can be inserted into the lower PCMCIA card slot of a lap top computer to protect the PCMCIA card's connections when the PCMCIA card is plugged into the upper card slot of the lap top computer.

Abstract: An injection molded plastic housing for, and method of enclosing, an electrical device including placing the device between a housing including a lid member and a base member and joining the lid member and the base member to each other and to a connector attached to the enclosed device. The lid member, base member and connector each may include a means for mating to promote their joining to form an assembled plastic housing with increased structural integrity. The lid member and base member join with the connector in a substantially overlapping relationship that results in a rigid and aesthetically pleasing housing which complies with standards for PC card style devices set by, for example, CFA, PCMCIA, JEDIC, ISO, etc. The inexpensive injection molded plastic material of the housing and the limited number of parts provides for an easily automated, economical method of enclosing electrical devices for use, for example, in computer peripheral and memory applications.

Abstract: The rear of a thin IC card is provided with a jack (42A, 42B, FIG. 4) that can receive a multi-contact audio type plug (40) having a diameter that is more than half the thickness of the card. The circuit board has a slot (60) that opens into the rear of the card. A U-shaped insulative block (80) is mounted on the card, with the opposite arms of the block lying at opposite sides of the board slot. Sheet metal contacts are mounted on the block and project into the slot in the circuit board, with each contact having a vertically-extending plug-engaging part (120) lying in the circuit board slot. The IC card includes a housing with a rear end cap (140) having a largely cylindrical passage (142A, 142B) that guides an audio-type plug into the slot in the circuit board to engage the contacts thereat. The end cap is constructed to form a rearward extension of the card that projects rearward of a card-receiving host slot, to enable a wide plug handle to be inserted against the rear of the end cap.

Abstract: A PCMCIA card structure includes a front connector, a frame, a substrate, and a sheet metal cover having a top cover panel. A ground plate having rearwardly extending ground contacts is carried on the upper surface of the connector. The frame includes an insulative cross beam disposed adjacent to the rear of the connector, the cross beam serving to support the top cover panel of the card, to prevent the top cover panel from contacting the connector ground plate or the contacts extending from the ground plate, and, along with portions of the ground plate, to close off the space between the connector and the front edge of the top cover panel. The ground plate has a transverse length shorter than that of the connector, defining end shoulder surfaces along the upper surface of the connector. The top cover panel includes a pair of laterally spaced, forwardly extending tabs, each tab overlying an end shoulder surface on the connector.

Abstract: A card-in type shield connector is to be inserted into an electronic device in order to add a memory function to the electronic device. The card-in type shield connector includes a contact element disposed within a flat and thin insulative case into which a memory card can be withdrawably inserted, and a card ejection mechanism disposed within the flat and thin insulative case and adapted to eject the memory card from inside the flat and thin insulative case. An outer surface of the flat and thin insulative case is shielded by a shield plate.

Abstract: A communications card capable of being mounted in electrical communication with a computer has formed therethrough an aperture so sized and shaped as to be capable of receiving a physical/electrical media connector. A plurality of contact wires are disposed in the aperture. The contact wires have a tapered section formed thereon for preventing embedding and damage to the contact wires caused by plugging and unplugging the physical/electrical media connector in the aperture. The contact wires also have a remote end that is substantially rounded. The cross-section of the media connector is greater than the thickness of the communication card. The physical/electrical media connector also has a biased retention clip, a contact pin block, and contact pins. The retention clip has several standardized characteristics including a broad fixed end protruding from an outer surface of the contact pin block.

Abstract: A communications card, PCMCIA card, with a retractable BNC connector receptacle built into one edge of the card. The BNC connector receptacle can be rectangular or have an X-shape and is thinner than the PCMCIA card when retracted. The retractable BNC connector receptacle allows the PCMCIA card to directly interface with an external BNC connector without using an adapter. Having a retractable receptacle makes it easier to store the PCMCIA card and built-in connector. This new communications card and BNC connector receptacle will increase the efficiency of computer use and will increase the ease of data transmission.

Abstract: An electronic circuit module having a metal cover is provided for interconnecting with a host device. The module includes an interface whereby electronic signals can be exchanged between the module and the host device. A mechanism for electrically grounding the metal cover to the ground plane of a printed circuit board housed within the module is provided along with a device for connecting the ground plane of the printed circuit board to a signal reference ground potential supplied by the host device. The present invention includes a module frame for attaching the metal cover thereto. A printed circuit board, including a ground plane, is mounted within the frame. A connector having a plurality of contact elements electrically connected to various the circuits disposed on the printed circuit board, including at least one contact element electrically connected to the ground plane is also adapted to fit within the module frame. The connector includes at least one grounding member.

Abstract: An IC card (1) has a shape of a substantially flat rectangular parallelepiped. The IC card (1) has electronic devices (2) including integrated circuits, a substrate (3) and a frame (5) for supporting the electronic devices (2), a first panel (6c) covering the upper surface of the frame (5), and a second panel (6d) covering the lower surface of the frame (5). Hereupon, the first panel (6c) is directly mounted to the frame (5) in such a manner that each of the left and right end portions (15) of the first panel (6c) is bent twice in accordance with the outer surface of the frame (5) and further each of edges of the left and right end portions (15) is fastened to the lower surface of the frame (5).

Abstract: A card-in type connector is to be inserted into an electronic device in order to add a memory function to the electronic device. A contact to be contacted with a memory card is disposed within a thin and flat type insulative case into which the memory card is withdrawably inserted and, a pair of spaced apart, parallel cantilever arms extend forwardly from a distal end of the thin and flat type insulative case. A wiring board is interposed between the cantilever arms and an end portion of the contact is connected to a rear end portion of the wiring board by soldering. A connecting device to be withdrawably inserted into a connecting device on the electronic device side is interposed between front end portions of the cantilever arms, and an end portion of a contact of the connecting device is connected to a front end portion of the wiring board by soldering.

Abstract: A connector which can connect a personal computer designed to use a memory card as an external memory medium to an external storage device or medium via the connection for the memory card. The housing (4) of a card type connector (2) is designed to have an external shape and size substantially the same as a standardized memory card. By inserting the housing (4) into a memory card connector (22) of a personal computer (200), the personal computer (200) and a hard disk drive (210) are connected by a cable (36) extending from the housing (4) of the card type connector (2), so that data transmission and reception can be performed between the personal computer (200) and the hard disk drive (210).

Abstract: A metal panel (11) for covering a PC card has an accommodating opening (18) for exposing the ground connection section (21) of a socket connector (2). A projected edge (7B) is provided on the frame holder (4) and a liner projection (32) is formed on the socket connector (2). The projected edge (7B) is located to fill in and close gaps between the ground connection section (21) and edges of the accommodation opening (18). In other embodiments, a C-shaped projection (32) on the socket (30) is used as the sole means to close or fill in the gap.

Abstract: An electrical connector is provided for use with a circuit card which has a generally planar substrate having multiple conductive elements disposed along at least one edge thereof. Each of the conductive elements is coupled to an electrically conductive trace on the surface of the planar substrate, and at least one conductive cover panel is provided which may be mounted to the planar substrate. An electrical coupling which includes multiple electrical contacts for external connection to the circuit card is provided, and each of the multiple electrical contacts is then coupled to an associated electrical terminal, such as a solder tail, which may then be mated to one of the multiple conductive elements on the planar substrate. A grounding clip is then mounted on at least one of the associated electrical terminals.