Movable shield with switching means for memory card
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorTimo Laitinen
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Abstract
A connector housing for receiving a memory card, the housing comprising at least a bottom part and a cover part which is arranged to be movable in relation to the bottom part and which, in turn, comprises at least a shield part and at least one grounding contact which is arranged to connect the shield part to the ground level of the device, at least when the cover part is closed. The connector housing also comprises at least one signal contact which is arranged to be coupled via the shield part, when the cover part is in the open position. Furthermore, the invention relates to a device comprising a connector housing for a memory card, as well as a method for anticipating the removal of a memory card in the connector housing.
Claims13
A connector housing for a memory card, comprising at least
- a bottom part,
- a cover part, comprising at least a shield part, arranged to be movable in relation to the bottom part,
- first contact means which are arranged for connecting the shield part of said cover part to a ground level of a device comprising at least the connector housing at least when said cover part is closed, and
- wherein the connector housing also comprises at least second contact means which are arranged to be coupled via said shield part, when said cover part is in the open position.
A device comprising a connector housing for a memory card, said connector housing comprising at least
- a bottom part,
- a cover part, comprising at least a shield part, arranged to be movable in relation to the bottom part
- first contact means which are arranged for connecting the shield part of said cover part to a ground level of the device at least when said cover part is closed, and
- wherein the connector housing also comprises at least second contact means which are arranged to be coupled via said shield part, when said cover part is in the open position.
A method for anticipating the removal of a memory card in a connector housing, the connector housing for the memory card comprising at least
- a bottom part,
- a cover part, comprising at least a shield part, arranged to be movable in relation to the bottom part
- first contact means which are arranged for connecting the shield part of said cover part to a ground level of a device comprising at least the connector housing, and
- wherein the connector housing also comprises at least second contacts;
- wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- connecting the shield part to the ground level of the device at least when the cover part is closed;
- and
- coupling the second contacts via the shield part when the cover part is moved into the open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.