Combined flash memory card

• US 20040026516A1
• Filed: 08/12/2002
• Published: 02/12/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Carry Computer Engineering Co Ltd
• Original Assignee: Carry Computer Engineering Co Ltd
• Inventors: Chen, Chia-Li, Liu, Wen-Tsung
• Application Number:
  US10/216,609
• Publication Number:
  US 20040026516A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/492
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07732 the record carrier having a housing or construction similar to well-known portable memory devices, such as SD cards, USB or memory sticks housings for electrical equipment in general, see H05K5/02
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 27/00 Coupling parts adapted for co-operation with two or more dissimilar counterparts for dissimilar contact members H01R13/35; supported only by co-operation with a counterpart H01R31/00; with a holder adapted for supporting apparatus to which its counterpart is attached H01R33/90

Abstract

A combined flash memory card structure includes a circuit board with one or more flash memories and a controller. The controller is used to support, control the flash memories to exchange data with the system end. The main feature of this invention lies in that a rack structure includes a top cover, a bottom and the circuit board. The front end of the rack forms a tapered rectangular plate with multiple interface pins to support the data exchange between the flash memories thereof and the system end via a USB interface or an interface thereof.

Claims

1. A combined flash memory card structure, comprising:

a rack; and

a circuit board, having one or more flash memories and a controller, the controller being used for supporting, controlling the flash memories to transmit and exchange data with an interface terminal of a corresponding device;

characterized in that the rack comprises a top cover, a bottom cover to be associated with the circuit board;

the rack at a front side thereof has a tapered rectangular plate and with a plurality of interface pins on a top thereof.

2. The combined flash memory card structure as defined claim 1, wherein the rack has a write protection device at a lateral side thereof being clamped between the top cover and the bottom cover;

and the write protection device enables or disables the data transmission or exchange by way of a position thereof being adjusted.

3. The combined flash memory card structure as defined in claim 2, wherein the write protection device can be disposed at an appropriate position on the bottom cover and enable or disable the data transmission or exchange with adjusting the position thereof.

4. The combined flash memory card structure as defined in claim 1, wherein a tapered part of the rack at both lateral sides of a rear end of the rectangular plate has a right angle and a slant respectively for avoiding incorrect insertion of the flash memory card structure.

5. The combined flash memory card structure as defined in claim 1, wherein the rectangular plate has two positioning holes at a bottom edge thereof for being coupled to two corresponding protruding points on the socket at the system end to implement positioning function.

6. The combined flash memory card structure as claim 1, wherein the rectangle board can be inserted into a standard USB socket at the system end;

in this way, the invention can exchange data with some digital products utilizing a USB interface.