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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masaki Oguro, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 ;
Abstract
A signal conversion apparatus having a memory-stick connector for mounting a memory stick, a PC-card connector for mounting a PC card, and a cover for shielding and exposing the memory-stick connector and the PC-card connector from and to the external world. The cover has an opening for allowing a memory stick to be removed from or mounted on the memory-stick connector with the cover put in a state of shielding the memory-stick connector and the PC-card connector from the external world. As a result, it is possible to prevent the wrong storage medium from being removed from or mounted on the signal conversion apparatus.