Peripheral apparatus for PC cards

Abstract

A peripheral apparatus for personal computer (PC) cards, which decreases the limit of the components installing height on a printed circuit board (PCB) of a PC by changing the installing position of a PC card slot unit, is provided. Two connectors are provided. A first connector is fixed to the PCB and a second connector is fixed to the PC card slot unit. And these two connectors are connected at a state that the two connectors can be de-connected in the opposite direction of inserting PC cards. A slot of the first connector is provided in the horizontal direction and the first connector is fixed at the end side of the PCB. The second connector is made of a card edge type PCB and this card edge type PCB is inserted to the slot of the first connector. The PC card slot unit is connected to the PCB in a cabinet of the PC at a state that the PC card slot unit is placed in the horizontal direction at the outside of the cabinet of the PC.

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