Adaptor for memory card
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
InventorsToshihiro Yamamoto, Hirohisa Tanaka
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Abstract
An adaptor for using a mini-sized memory card in an appliance having a slot for a regular-sized memory card is provided. This adaptor is formed with a base and a cover made of a resin material, a plurality of electrically conductive members fixed to the base so as to electrically contact a plurality of I/O terminals of the memory card in the adapter, and a metal shell held between the base and the cover. A memory-card storage room is provided by a space surrounded by the metal shell and the base. By use of the metal shell, it is possible to improve rigidity of the adaptor, obtain a reliable compatibility, and prevent that the thin, mini-sized memory card is damaged.
Claims8
An adaptor for a memory card having an insertion opening at its one end, through which said memory card is housed in the adaptor, and configured to be connectable to a memory card slot of an electronic appliance, the adaptor comprising:
- a base made of a resin material;
- a plurality of electrically conductive members fixed to a surface of said base so as to electrically contact a plurality of terminals of said memory card inserted in the adapter;
- a cover made of a resin material;
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- a metal shell held between said base and said cover, so that a memory-card storage room is provided by a space surrounded by said metal shell and the surface of said base,
- wherein said metal shell is supported by said base to be movable in a seesaw fashion between an opening position where an insertion of said memory card in said memory-card storage room is enabled and a closing position where an ejection of said memory card from said memory-card storage room is disabled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.