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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2002
Toru Wagatsuma, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Yoshimasa Kuroda, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A first accommodating position and a second accommodating position differing in the extent of insertion of an SD card are set; and there are provided a first terminal section to be into contact with a group of external connection terminals of the SD card in the first accommodating position and a second terminal section to be in contact with the group of external connection terminals of the SD card in the second accommodating position. This makes it possible to place a shorter SD card in the first accommodating position and a longer SD card in the second accommodating position with the extent of outward protrusion of the card substantially reduced. If matching terminal pieces of the first and second terminal sections are electrically connected to each other by forming them as integrated units made of metal sheets or otherwise, the task of their fitting to an electronic apparatus per se can be simplified.