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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2002
Tsutomu Shimada, Tokyo, JP;
Kaname Suwa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuguhide Sakata, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Nishio, Ibaraki, JP;
Takashi Kawasaki, Ibaraki, JP;
Kazuhiro Okazaki, Ibaraki, JP;
Mitsumi Electronic, LTD, , JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a card adapter which can reliably isolate a slot provided in a personal computer and a card-shaped electronic device from a user. The card adapter includes a chassis , a pair of conducting plates provided on the upper and lower sides of the chassis , and the like. The chassis includes a pair of arms L, R, and the tip portions of the arms L, R are provided with a pair of insulating grip portions L, R, respectively, for insulating the pair of conducting plates from a user. According to such a structure, the card adapter can prevent the possibility that static electricity charged in the body of a user is discharged to the slot or to the card-shaped electronic device connected to the card adapter through conductive parts such as the conducting plates and the like so that electronic circuits provided in the card-shaped electronic device or in the slot are broken or damaged.