Four-in-one memory card insertion port

• US 6,612,492 B1
• Filed: 06/06/2002
• Issued: 09/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chant Sincere Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Chant Sincere Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Yen, Ming-Hui
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Thien M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Labaze, Edwyn
• Application Number:
  US10/162,627
• Time in Patent Office: 453 Days
• Field of Search: 235/451, 235/492, 439/630, 439/638, 439/687, 439/696, 439/906, 439/945
• US Class Current: 235/451
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07743 External electrical contacts

Abstract

A four-in-one memory card insertion port has an upper terminal seat and a lower terminal seat. The upper terminal seat has an MS memory card conductive terminal. The lower terminal seat is formed with an SMC conductive terminal, an SD conductive terminal, and an MMC conductive terminals. Thereby, a four-in-one memory card insertion port for MS, SMC, SD, and MMC memory card is formed. Thus interference is avoided and a variety of different memory cards are used in the port.

Claims

1. A four-in-one memory card insertion port including an upper terminal seat and a lower terminal seat;

wherein

the upper terminal seat is made of insulating material;

a front end surface thereof has a plurality of inserting holes;

each inserting hole is installed with a first conductive terminal which protrudes to a front and a rear ends of the upper terminal seat;

a front end of each first conductive terminal has a first top portion for conducting a memory stick (MS) memory card; and

the lower terminal seat is a rectangular seat and has two alternatively arranged slots;

each slot is installed with a second conductive terminal which extends to a rear end of the seat and has 22 pins;

a front end of each conductive terminal has a second top portion;

thereby, two banks of second top portions resist against a smart media (SMC) memory card having contact points;

front sides of a plurality of twenty two second conductive terminals are installed with nine slots which extend to the front end thereof;

a third conductive terminal is installed in a groove, which extends forwards;

a front end of the third conductive terminal has a third top portion so as to resist against a secure digital(SD) memory card with nine conductive points, while seven conductive points are used to contact a multi-media(MMC) memory card;

whereby the upper terminal seat and lower terminal seat are welded to a circuit board;

the third conductive terminals at the front end of the upper terminal seat are installed at a rear upper side of the lower terminal seat so as to form a four-in-one memory card insertion port for being inserted by the memory stick (MS), smart media (SMC), secure digital (SD) and multi-media (MMC) memory card.

2. The four-in-one memory card insertion port as claimed in claim 1, wherein a front side of the area of the nine conductive terminals is installed with a bank of four slots which extend to the front end;

each slot has a third conductive terminal;

thereby, two third conductive terminals at one side are utilized as a write protecting device of a smart media (SMC) memory card;

two third conductive terminals at another side is utilized as a support device of a multi-media (MMC) memory card.

3. The four-in-one memory card insertion port as claimed in claim 1, wherein two sides of the third conductive terminals are installed with two slots which extend forwards and each has a fourth conductive terminal;

thereby, two fourth conductive terminals at one side is used as a write protecting device of a secure digital (SD) memory card, but another two fourth conductive terminals at another side are utilized as a switch of the smart media (SMC) memory card.

4. The four-in-one memory card insertion port as claimed in claim 1, wherein an upper surface of the lower terminal seat has a concave stepped portion as a slot.

5. The four-in-one memory card insertion port as claimed in claim 1, wherein an upper cover is mounted above the lower terminal seat;

a bottom at a front end of the upper cover has two concave stepped portions which extend to an interior of the upper cover;

one side of the upper cover has a groove;

two pins are mounted within the groove which communicate with a bottom for conducting a secure digital (SD) card;

thereby, the upper cover is combined to an upper surface of the lower terminal seat, and the two concave stepped portions are used as inserting slots of the memory stick (MS), smart media (SM), secure digital (SD) and multi-media (MMC) memory cards.

6. The four-in-one memory card insertion port as claimed in claim 1, wherein the upper terminal seat and lower terminal seat are installed to an adapter circuit board of a Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) for being inserted by the memory stick (MS), smart media (SM), secure digital (SD) and multi-media (MMC) memory cards, and adapting port at a rear side of the adapter is utilized to connect with a Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) card of an electronic product.

7. The four-in-one memory card insertion port as claimed in claim 1, wherein the upper terminal seat and lower terminal seat are installed to an adapter circuit board of a Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) of a compact flash (CF) memory card for being inserted by the memory stick (MS), smart media (SM), secure digital (SD) and multi-media (MMC) memory cards, and a adapting port at a rear side of the adapter is utilized to be connected to a Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) card of an electronic product.