MEMORY CARD AND MEMORY CARD HOLDING STRUCTURE

• US 20110294310A1
• Filed: 09/10/2010
• Published: 12/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industrial Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industrial Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: LI, JIAN-HUI
• Application Number:
  US12/879,030
• Publication Number:
  US 20110294310A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/74
• 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: G06K 7/0034 the connector being capable of simultaneously receiving a plurality of cards in the same insertion slot
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/0043 the plurality of cards being cards of different formats, e.g. SD card and memory stick

Abstract

A memory card includes a first memory unit and the second memory unit. The first memory unit and the second memory unit are detachably connected together and are capable of storing and transmitting data, and are capable of working independently. A memory card holding structure using the memory card is also described. The first memory unit and the second memory unit are detachably incorporated together and electrically connected to the connector. Thus, each memory unit can be respectively detached and replaced, which does not affect normal operation of other memory unit. Moreover, the memory cards have two or more memory chip card functions.

Claims

1. A memory card, comprising:

a first memory unit for storing and transmitting information data; and

a second memory unit for storing and transmitting information data, wherein the first memory unit and the second memory unit are detachably connected together and are capable of working independently.

2. The memory card as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first memory unit comprises a first base body, the first base body comprises a locking section at an end of the first base body, and the second memory unit comprises a second base body, the second base body defines a locking opening, the locking section is detachably received within the locking opening to detachably connect the first memory unit to the second memory unit.

3. The memory card as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first memory unit further comprises a first memory chip, the second memory unit further comprises a second memory chip, and the first memory chip and the second memory chip are respectively mounted within the first base body and the second base body and are capable of storing information data.

4. The memory card as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first memory unit further comprises pins mounted on the first memory chip, the second memory unit further comprises pins mounted on the second memory chip, and the first memory chip and the second memory chip are electrically connected to a connector through the pin to transmit information data.

5. The memory card as claimed in claim 4, wherein the ground pins of the first memory chip and the second memory chip are interconnected to each other and share a ground port to connect the ground.

6. The memory card as claimed in claim 1, further comprising memory units, wherein the memory units are detachably connected together, and each memory unit is capable of being respectively detached and replaced and working independently.

7. A memory card holding structure, comprising:

a memory card comprising a first memory unit and a second memory unit for storing and transmitting information data; and

a connector electrically connected to the first memory unit and the second memory unit, the connector defining a receiving space, wherein the connector comprises two groups of elastic sections, the first memory unit and the second memory unit are detachably connected as a whole and are releasably received within the receiving space, and the first memory unit is electrically connected to a group of elastic sections, the second memory unit is electrically connected to another group of elastic sections.

8. The memory card holding structure as claimed in claim 7, wherein the first memory unit comprises a first base body, the first base body comprises a locking section located at an end of the first base body, the second memory unit comprises a second base body, the second base body defines a locking opening, and the locking section is detachably received within the locking opening to detachably connect the first memory unit to the second memory unit.

9. The memory card holding structure as claimed in claim 8, wherein the first memory unit further comprises a first memory chip, the second memory unit further comprises a second memory chip, and the first memory chip and the second memory chip are respectively mounted within the first base body and the second base body and are capable of storing and transmitting information data.

10. The memory card holding structure as claimed in claim 9, wherein the first memory unit further comprises pins mounted on the first memory chip, the second memory unit further comprises pins mounted on the second memory chip, and the first memory chip and the second memory chip are electrically connected to the connector through the pin to transmit information data.

11. The memory card holding structure as claimed in claim 10, wherein the connector further comprises a main body, the main body defines a first groove and a second groove, the first groove and the second groove are capable of respectively receiving the first memory chip and the second memory chip, and the two groups of elastic sections are mounted on the bottom of the first groove and the second groove to resist against and electrically connect the pins.

12. The memory card holding structure as claimed in claim 11, wherein the connector further comprises a sidewall and two end walls perpendicularly connected to opposite ends of the sidewall, and the sidewall and the two end walls are perpendicularly connected to the main body.

13. The memory card holding structure as claimed in claim 12, wherein the connector further comprises two resisting sections, the resisting sections are perpendicularly connected to the corresponding end walls and are parallel to the main body to form the receiving space, and the resisting sections are capable of resisting against the first memory unit and the second memory unit.

14. The memory card holding structure as claimed in claim 13, wherein the distance between the resisting sections and the main body is substantially equal to or larger than the thickness of the first memory unit and the second memory unit to resist against and hold the first memory unit and the second memory unit.

15. The memory card holding structure as claimed in claim 10, wherein the connector further comprises a main body, and the two groups of elastic sections are mounted on the surface of the main body to resist against and electrically connect the pins.

16. The memory card holding structure as claimed in claim 7, wherein the memory card further comprises memory units detachably connected together and releasably received within the receiving space, and each memory unit is capable of being respectively detached and replaced and working independently.

17. The memory card holding structure as claimed in claim 16, wherein the connector further comprises groups of elastic sections, and each memory unit is electrically connected and corresponds to a group of elastic sections.

18. The memory card holding structure as claimed in claim 10, wherein the ground pins of the first memory chip and the second memory chip are interconnected to each other and share a ground port to connect the ground.