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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2002
Hsiang-an Hsieh, HsinDian City, Taipei, TW;
Wei-yueh Chien, HsinDian City, Taipei, TW;
Hsiang-An Hsieh, HsinDian City, Taipei, TW;
Wei-Yueh Chien, HsinDian City, Taipei, TW;
Other;
Abstract
This invention provides a device combining a slim CD-ROM drive and a flash memory card drive, which utilizes the unused space in a slim CD-ROM drive to mount a flash memory card socket to form a combined device. It comprises of a seat with the first containing space and the second containing space. The first containing space hosts a circuit board and a driving unit, a standard CD-ROM drive with a panel on the front and the panel has a opening against the second containing space, a flash memory socket in the second containing space and its slot faces against the said opening of the panel. The socket can hold multi types of flash memory cards, including SD, MMC, and MS cards. Furthermore, there are multi PINs in the socket and they are connected to the circuit board on one end and contact the flash memory card on the other end to support access to the flash memory card.