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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2001
Atsuo Iida, Kawasaki, JP;
Keiju Okabayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinji Kanda, Kawasaki, JP;
Mitsunori Fukazawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A portable card type data storage device with a large capacity and low power consumption is provided which enalbes two storage mediums with different features to be installed into a single slot of an information processing device. The card type data storage device of the invention includes a case having a connection slot , a first connector adapted to be inserted into and connected with a connection slot of an information processing device such as a PC , a hard disk housed in the case , a second connector for connection with a semiconductor memory inserted into the connection slot , and a storage device control section . When the first connector is inserted into and connected with the information processing device , the storage device control section receives electric power from the information processing device , and makes the hard disk and the semiconductor memory , which is inserted into the connection slot and connected with the second connector , function as external storages of the information processing device . Thus, two storage mediums comprising the semiconductor memory of low power consumption and the hard disk of a large capacity can be connected with the information processing device through the single slot thereof.