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US 6,471,131 B2Granted
Memory card and card socket
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsTeruo Okada, Shintaro Ito
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Abstract
In a card socket (21-1) having a socket body (21) in which a memory card (10-1) is set and socket electrodes (22) formed on a bottom surface of the socket body (21) to be electrically contacted to exposed electrodes (12) of the memory card (10-1) when set into the card socket (21-1), the memory card (10-1) is magnetically contacted and fixed to the bottom surface of the socket body (21). The card socket (21-1) further has a card removal button (24) for releasing the memory card (10-1) from the card socket (21-1).
Claims17
A card socket comprising:
- a socket body in which a memory card is set and a bottom surface thereof has a hole section;
- socket electrodes formed on the bottom surface of the socket body to be electrically contacted to exposed electrodes of the memory card when the memory card is set into the card socket;
- and
- a fixed card releasing mechanism having a push member for releasing the memory card in a fixed state from the socket body by pushing up the push member into the hole section,
- wherein at least a part of the bottom surface of at least one of the socket body and the socket electrodes are made of ferromagnetic material.
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A card socket comprising:
- a socket body in which a memory card is set and a bottom surface thereof has a hole section;
- socket electrodes formed on the bottom surface of the socket body to be electrically contacted to exposed electrodes of the memory card when the memory card is set into the card socket;
- and
- a fixed card releasing mechanism having a push member for releasing the memory card in a fixed state from the socket body by pushing up the push member into the hole section;
- wherein at least a part of a bottom surface of at least one of the socket body and the socket electrodes are made of an electromagnet.
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A card socket comprising:
- a socket body in which a memory card is set and a bottom surface thereof has a hole section;
- socket electrodes formed on the bottom surface of the socket body to be electrically contacted to exposed electrodes of the memory card when the memory card is set into the card socket;
- and
- a fixed card releasing mechanism having a push member for releasing the memory card in a fixed state from the socket body by pushing up the push member into the hole section,
- wherein the memory card is strongly contacted and fixed to the bottom surface of the socket body by a magnetic force.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.