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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2005
Filed:
May. 16, 2003
Seiji Nakanishi, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Torii, Osaka, JP;
Noriaki Furuta, Shiga, JP;
Takahiro Sakamoto, Osaka, JP;
Masayoshi Yano, Osaka, JP;
Seiji Nakanishi, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Torii, Osaka, JP;
Noriaki Furuta, Shiga, JP;
Takahiro Sakamoto, Osaka, JP;
Masayoshi Yano, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A memory card includes: a main body of the memory card in which a notched section is formed; a semiconductor memory; and a write/nonwrite setting element for setting the write/nonwrite state of data in the semiconductor memory, the write/nonwrite setting element being slidably fitted in the notched section, wherein the main body of the memory card includes an upper main body and a lower main body; at least one of the upper main body and the lower main body has an elastic guide formed within the notched section; the write/nonwrite setting element slides along the elastic guide so as to set the write/nonwrite state of the data in the semiconductor memory; and the elastic guide has an engagement portion for engagedly stopping the write/nonwrite setting element so as to select the position of the write/nonwrite setting element with respect to the elastic guide.