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CF card adapter

Assignee: Honda Tsushin Kogyo Co Ltd
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Filing: 1999-04-07
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Granted: 2000-08-29
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Expires: 2019-04-07
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Abstract

Abstract Disclosed is an improved CF card adapter comprising a synthetic resin frame, upper and bottom metal covers attached to the synthetic resin frame, a CF card receptacle formed on the rear side of the synthetic resin frame, a pin header having pin contacts exposed on its rear side; a printed circuit board whose printed circuit is connected to the pin contacts of the pin header, and a female receptacle connector part formed on the front side of the adapter body. The female receptacle connector part is electrically connected to the printed circuit, and is adapted to be inserted in the PC card slot of an electric or electronic device. One of the upper and bottom metal covers has grounding pieces integrally connected to the length round the outside of the rectangular metal sheet. These grounding pieces are CF card grounding pieces, printed circuit grounding pieces, and grounding pieces to the PC card slot and the other metal cover.

Inventors

  • 👤 Kenichi Yotsutani

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 07:03
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K1/00; H05K5/00; H05K5/02; H05K5/0256; H05K5/026; H05K5/0265; H05K5/0282; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S439/00; Y10S439/945; Y10S439/946

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim 148 words
A CF card adapter comprising a synthetic resin frame, upper and bottom metal covers attached to the synthetic resin frame, a CF card receptacle formed on the rear side of the synthetic resin frame, a pin header having a plurality of pin contacts exposed on its rear side; a printed circuit board whose printed circuit is connected to the pin contacts of the pin header, and a female receptacle connector part formed on the front side of the adapter body, the female receptacle connector part being electrically connected to the printed circuit and adapted to be inserted in the PC card slot of an electric or electronic device, wherein at least one of the upper and bottom metal covers has the following grounding pieces integrally connected thereto: CF card grounding pieces, printed circuit grounding pieces, and grounding pieces to the PC card slot and the other metal cover.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 148 words
A CF card adapter comprising a synthetic resin frame, upper and bottom metal covers attached to the synthetic resin frame, a CF card receptacle formed on the rear side of the synthetic resin frame, a pin header having a plurality of pin contacts exposed on its rear side; a printed circuit board whose printed circuit is connected to the pin contacts of the pin header, and a female receptacle connector part formed on the front side of the adapter body, the female receptacle connector part being electrically connected to the printed circuit and adapted to be inserted in the PC card slot of an electric or electronic device, wherein at least one of the upper and bottom metal covers has the following grounding pieces integrally connected thereto: CF card grounding pieces, printed circuit grounding pieces, and grounding pieces to the PC card slot and the other metal cover.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 46 words
A CF card adapter according to claim 1 wherein the synthetic resin frame has one of the upper and bottom metal covers incorporated therein as a whole, and the synthetic resin frame has means for permitting the other metal cover to be press-fitted and caught thereby.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 2003-08-29 2004-02-28 2004-08-29 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 2007-08-29 2008-02-28 2008-08-29 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 2011-08-29 2012-02-28 2012-08-29 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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