Connector device having two storage decks and three contact arrays for one hard disk drive package or two memory cards
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1. A connector device for selectively connecting at least one of a memory card and a hard disk drive package as a data storage device, comprising:
- a housing having a pair of opposing side walls defining a storage space of said housing, one end of said housing defining an insertion port for inserting said at least one data storage device into the storage space of said housing, a height of the storage space being divided to define at least upper and lower storage decks within the storage space, the upper and lower storage decks being contiguous and uninterrupted therebetween;
a connector body coupled to the end of said housing opposite the insertion port, said connector body having at least one contact array fixedly disposed in one of the upper and lower storage decks and adapted to connect with a memory card, and said connector body having a structure for presenting at least one of at least two contact arrays in the other storage deck, said at least two contact arrays including one contact array adapted to connect with a memory card and one contact array adapted to connect with a hard disk drive package.
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Abstract
A connector device comprises a housing and a connector body coupled to one end of the housing. One hard disk drive package is inserted in the inner space of the housing which is constituted by first and second decks. When the hard disc drive package is not inserted in the inner space of the housing, two memory cards are inserted in the first and second decks, respectively.
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1. A connector device for selectively connecting at least one of a memory card and a hard disk drive package as a data storage device, comprising:
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a housing having a pair of opposing side walls defining a storage space of said housing, one end of said housing defining an insertion port for inserting said at least one data storage device into the storage space of said housing, a height of the storage space being divided to define at least upper and lower storage decks within the storage space, the upper and lower storage decks being contiguous and uninterrupted therebetween; a connector body coupled to the end of said housing opposite the insertion port, said connector body having at least one contact array fixedly disposed in one of the upper and lower storage decks and adapted to connect with a memory card, and said connector body having a structure for presenting at least one of at least two contact arrays in the other storage deck, said at least two contact arrays including one contact array adapted to connect with a memory card and one contact array adapted to connect with a hard disk drive package. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A connector device for selectively connecting at least one of a memory card and a hard disk drive package as a data storage device, comprising:
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a housing having a pair of opposing side walls defining a storage space of said housing, one end of said housing defining an insertion port for inserting said at least one data storage device into the storage space of said housing, a height of the storage space being divided to define at least upper and lower storage decks within the storage space, the upper and lower storage decks being contiguous and uninterrupted therebetween; a connector body coupled to the end of said housing opposite the insertion port, said connector body having at least one contact array fixedly disposed in one of the upper and lower storage decks and adapted to connect with a memory card, and at least two contact arrays fixedly disposed in the other storage deck, said at least two contact arrays including at least one contact array adapted to connect with a memory card and at least one contact array adapted to connect with a hard disk drive package. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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