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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2006
Patricio Collantes, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Robert C. Miller, San Jose, CA (US);
Steven T. Sprouse, San Jose, CA (US);
Dhaval Parikh, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Patricio Collantes, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Robert C. Miller, San Jose, CA (US);
Steven T. Sprouse, San Jose, CA (US);
Dhaval Parikh, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sandisk Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A Universal Serial Bus flash memory unit having an electrically conductive housing includes a spring that provides an electrically conductive, low-resistance pathway between the housing and the metal shell of the Universal Serial Bus connector so that electrostatic charge can directly discharge from the housing to the metal shell instead of discharging through electronic components within the housing.