Storage medium connecting device and information device equipped with the same
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHideki Arimoto
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Abstract
A storage medium connecting device which enables electrical connection of a card-type storage medium with a substrate via a socket is provided. The storage medium connecting device includes an exterior member having an insertion port for allowing the card-type storage medium to be inserted into the socket; a connection section provided in a vicinity of the insertion port for connecting the socket to the substrate; and a cover member which extends from the insertion port in a direction of inserting the card-type storage medium and covers the connection section, the cover member being provided on the exterior member.
Claims12
A storage medium connecting device comprising:
- a substrate including an electrical circuit having conductive patterns, the conductive patterns including electrical terminals;
- a socket mounted on the substrate and comprising a slot for receiving a card-type storage medium and a conductive member for electrically connecting the card-type storage medium to the substrate;
- an exterior member having an insertion port for allowing the card-type storage medium to be detachably inserted into the slot of the socket;
- and
- a cover member which extends from a proximal end located at an edge of the insertion port to a distal end in a direction of inserting the card-type storage medium,
- wherein the conductive member of the socket includes a contact section for electrically contacting the card-type storage medium, and a connection section connected to a corresponding one of the electrical terminals of the substrate, the connection section being provided closer to the insertion port than the contact section,
- wherein the distal end of the cover member is located between the connection section and the contact section such that the cover member covers the connection section provided closer to the insertion port than the contact section and does not cover the contact section,
- wherein when the card-type storage medium is inserted into the slot of the socket, the cover member is located between the card-type storage medium and the substrate, and
- wherein the cover member is spaced apart from the conductive member of the socket.
An information device comprising:
- a reading unit configured to read information stored in a card-type storage medium;
- and
- a storage medium connecting device comprising:
- a substrate including an electrical circuit having conductive patterns, the conductive patterns including electrical terminals;
- a socket mounted on the substrate and comprising a slot for receiving the card-type storage medium and a conductive member for electrically connecting the card-type storage medium to the substrate;
- an exterior member having an insertion port for allowing the card-type storage medium to be inserted into the slot of the socket;
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- a cover member which extends from a proximal end located at an edge of the insertion port to a distal end in a direction of inserting the card-type storage medium,
- wherein the conductive member of the socket includes a contact section for electrically contacting the card-type storage medium, and a connection section connected to a corresponding one of the electrical terminals of the substrate, the connection section being provided closer to the insertion port than the contact section,
- wherein the distal end of the cover member is located between the connection section and the contact section such that the cover member covers the connection section provided closer to the insertion port than the contact section and does not cover the contact section,
- wherein when the card-type storage medium is inserted into the slot of the socket, the cover member is located between the card-type storage medium and the substrate, and
- wherein the cover member is spaced apart from the conductive member of the socket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.