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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1999
Gregory Alan Seeley, Orange, CA (US);
Jay Brian Betker, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A PCMCIA standard PC card is provided, that can receive an IC stick type of card and connect contact pads on the IC stick to contacts at the front connector of the PC card. The PC card has a guide (90) with a rear cap portion (92) that occupies the space (84) between the rear ends of the top and bottom sheet metal covers (72, 74). The rear cap portion has slot side walls (102, 104) that closely guide the IC stick in movement forwardly into the slot of the PC card, until pads (60) on the IC stick engage contacts (56) on an IC stick connector (54) that is mounted on a circuit board (40) within the PC card. The circuit board has a rear end with tabs (144, 146) supported by the rear cap portion of the guide.