MEMORY CARD REMOVAL GUARD

• US 20070275759A1
• Filed: 05/24/2006
• Published: 11/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: WSOU Investments, LLC (WSOU Holdings, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Kemppinen, Pasi
• Granted Patent: US 7,764,977 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/558
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3816 Mechanical arrangements for accommodating identification devices, e.g. cards or chips; with connectors for programming identification devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0235 Slidable or telescopic telephones, i.e. with a relative translation movement of the body parts; Telephones using a combination of translation and other relative motions of the body parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0262 for a battery compartment

Abstract

A mobile device powered by a battery is provided having a guard member for preventing a memory card from being removed from the mobile device when a battery is inserted in the device. The battery is removably received in a battery compartment and the memory card is removably received in memory card. The memory card slot has an opening in the casing of the mobile device and the guard member is movable from a first position in which it at least partly blocks the opening to a second position in which the memory card can be removed from the memory card slot. The battery compartment for the battery is arranged such that when the battery is inserted, the guard member is moved to the first position.

Claims

1. A mobile device comprising

a battery compartment for receiving a battery,

a memory card slot for receiving a memory card, the memory card slot having an opening through which the memory card can be removed,

a guard member movable from a first position in which it at least partly blocks the opening to the memory card slot to a second position in which the memory card can be removed from the memory card slot, wherein the battery compartment is arranged such that when the battery is inserted, the guard member is moved into the first position.

2. A mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the guard member comprises mechanically coupled first and second elements, at least part of the first element being located in the battery compartment and arranged to be mechanically engaged by the battery on insertion thereof and the second element arranged to block the opening to the memory card slot when the battery mechanically engages the first element.

3. A mobile device according to claim 2, wherein the memory card slot is provided in a plane adjacent a plane of the battery compartment, the first element extends outside the battery compartment into the memory card slot and the second element is a generally flat element transversely connected to the first element.

4. A mobile device according to claim 2, wherein the memory card slot is provided in a same plane as the battery compartment and the second element comprises a substantially flat piece connected to two transversely extending pieces for fitting on either side of a memory card.

5. A mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the first element of the guard member is pushed down towards a base of the battery compartment when the battery is inserted.

6. A mobile device according to claim 5 wherein the guard member is arranged such that responsive to the battery being removed, stress in the guard member causes at least part of the first element to separate from the base of the battery compartment.

7. A mobile device according to claim 5, wherein the first member is formed of a curved metal plate having a first end securely fastened to the base of the battery compartment.

8. A mobile device according to claim 6, wherein the first element is formed of a metal plate having a first edge and a second edge, the metal plate being shaped such that the first edge of the plate bends away from the base of the battery compartment when arranged therein.

9. A mobile device according to claim 8, wherein the second edge is securely fastened to the base of the battery compartment.

10. A mobile device according to claim 6, wherein the at least part of the first element is located at an angle to the plane of the base of the battery compartment when the battery is removed.

11. A mobile device according to claim 6, wherein the first element of the guard member comprises a metal plate hinged along one side to the base of the battery compartment.

12. A mobile device according to 6, wherein the first element is connected to the base of the battery compartment with a resilient element.

13. A mobile device, according to claim 12, wherein the resilient element is a spring.

14. A mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the device has a rear cover and two sides, an opening to the battery compartment is provided in the rear cover and said opening to the memory card slot is provided along one side.

15. A mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the device has a rear cover and a base, an opening to the battery compartment is provided in the rear cover and said opening to the memory card slot is provided along the base of the device.

16. A mobile device according to claim 1, comprising a cellular phone.

17. A mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the memory card is a smart card.

18. A mobile device according to claim 17, configured to operate according to the GSM standard and wherein the smart card comprises a SIM card.

19. A mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the memory card is a multimedia card.

20. A mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the memory card is a memory stick.

21. A mobile device configured to be electrically driven by a removable battery comprising a memory card slot having an opening for removably receiving a memory card, and a mechanism for preventing said memory card from being removed when the mobile device is on, the mechanism comprising a first element arranged to be engaged by a battery upon insertion thereof into the mobile device and a second element mechanically coupled to the first member and arranged to block the opening to the memory card slot upon engagement between the first element and the battery.

22. A mobile device according to claim 21 comprising a battery compartment having a base, the first member being at least partly located in the battery compartment, and the mechanism being arranged such that, responsive to the battery being inserted into the battery compartment, the first member is pushed down towards said base.

23. A mobile device according to claim 22, wherein the memory card slot is provided in a plane adjacent to the plane of the battery compartment and the second element is a generally flat element transversely connected to the first element.

24. A mobile device according to claim 22, wherein the memory card slot is provided in a same plane as the battery compartment and the second element is hook-shaped.

25. A mobile device according to claim 21, wherein the memory card is a SIM card.

26. A mobile device according to claim 21, wherein the device is a mobile phone.

27. A mobile phone comprising

a battery compartment for removably receiving a battery, the battery compartment having a base provided substantially parallel to a printed wire board (PWB);

a memory card slot located between the base of the battery compartment and the PWB for removably receiving a memory card;

a casing enclosing the battery compartment and the memory card slot;

an opening to the memory card slot located in the casing of the mobile phone; and

a member located in the battery compartment at a distance from the base and arranged to be pushed down towards the base on insertion of the battery, the member being transversely connected to a door blocking said opening to the memory card compartment in the casing when the member is pushed down towards the base of the battery compartment.

28. A mobile phone comprising

a battery compartment for removably receiving a battery, the battery compartment having a base provided substantially parallel to a printed wire board;

a memory card slot provided adjacent the battery compartment with respect to a longitudinal direction of the mobile device for removably receiving a memory card;

a casing enclosing the battery compartment and the memory card slot,

an opening to the memory card slot provided in the casing; and

a first member located in the battery compartment at a distance from the base and arranged to be pushed down towards the base on insertion of the battery, the first member being connected to hook-shaped member arranged to fit over the memory card and block the opening to the memory card compartment when the first member is pushed down towards the base of the battery compartment.