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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:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2002
Satoshi Takamori, Kyoto, JP;
Masami Nishida, Osaka, JP;
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A memory card connector is offered which has a locking function and which permits both a memory card having a locking recess in its side surface and a memory card having no locking recess in its side surface to be inserted and withdrawn. The connector comprises a connector body having a tapering guide groove, a slider provided with a slide groove perpendicular to the direction of sliding motion, a locking pawl engaged in the tapering guide groove of the connector body via a guide pin, and a first coil spring mounted to the slider. This slider is slidably mounted to the connector body via a second coil spring to form an alternate mechanism. The locking pawl is slidably fitted in the slide groove of the slider and can engage the locking recess formed in one side surface of the memory card. The first coil spring biases the locking pawl inward at all times.
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