JP2003108969A - Card type electronic equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Problem] To provide a card-type electronic device in which a nail or a fingertip of both fingers is caught deeply in a concave groove or a through hole when a main body is picked by a finger, and the main body can be easily taken out from a card socket. Is to do. The electronic device includes a circuit board on which electronic components are mounted.
In a flat card-type electronic device that can be inserted into and removed from a card socket, a base end 11 of the card body 11 as the card-type electronic device in the insertion direction with respect to the card socket.
b, provided with concave grooves 16a and 16b on both sides where the nails or fingertips of both fingers are hooked.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a card-type electronic device such as a (Secure Digital) card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art SD (Sec) used as an information recording medium for multimedia equipment such as portable computers, mobile phones, music players, and digital cameras these days.
ureDigital) cards are becoming smaller and smaller in recent years.
Thinning is progressing.

For example, as disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2001-175834, a card type electronic device having a sandwich structure in which a circuit board having electronic components mounted on both sides is sandwiched and fixed by a pair of upper and lower cases, or electronic components are mounted on one side There is known a card-type electronic device in which the circuit board is housed in a card case and the circuit board is exposed on at least one surface of the card to form the appearance of the card.

By the way, a card-type electronic device is composed of a circuit board on which electronic parts are mounted, and a card case molded in a flat rectangular shape with a synthetic resin material such as a polycarbonate resin or an ABS resin for housing the circuit board. For example, the long side is 32 mm, the short side is 24 mm, and the thickness is 1.4 m.
m thin and small.

This card-type electronic device is constructed so that it can be inserted into and removed from a card socket provided in a multimedia device such as a portable computer, a mobile phone, a music player and a digital camera.

Therefore, the main body of the card-type electronic device is picked up with fingers, and a groove is provided at the base end portion in the insertion direction of the main body so that the card socket can be easily inserted into and removed from the card socket. It is formed so that it can be easily hooked and taken out.

On the card socket side, a push-on-push method of pushing the main body in the insertion direction and pushing it out by the spring force inside the card socket side or providing an inject button beside the card socket and pushing the inject button Therefore, there is also one in which a discharge mechanism for pushing out by a spring force is provided.

[0008]

However, as the card-type electronic equipment becomes smaller and thinner, it is not possible to form a groove on one side of the card-type electronic equipment as in the conventional case.
There is a problem that fingernails and fingertips are not easily caught in the groove and the fingertips are slippery and difficult to take out. Also, since the groove is only on one side, the user needs to be aware of the front and back of the card-type electronic device when taking out. Also, if the card socket side is equipped with an ejection mechanism, the structure becomes complicated,
In addition to increasing costs, it is difficult to secure a space for providing a discharge mechanism, especially in a small device such as a mobile phone and a music player.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to easily insert and remove a card type electronic device into and from a card socket without providing a discharging mechanism. Sometimes it is to provide a card-type electronic device that does not need to be aware of the front and back.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a circuit board on which electronic parts are mounted,
In a flat card-type electronic device that can be inserted into and removed from a card socket, concave grooves are provided on both surfaces at a base end portion of a main body of the card-type electronic device in an insertion direction with respect to the card socket.

Further, in a flat card type electronic device having a circuit board on which electronic parts are mounted and which can be inserted into and removed from a card socket, a base end of a main body of the card type electronic device in an insertion direction into the card socket. It is characterized in that the part is provided with a through hole penetrating both sides.

According to the above construction, when the main body of the card type electronic device is taken out from the card socket, by grasping with the fingers, both the grasped fingers are caught in the concave groove or the through hole, and the fingers are easily slipped. You can take it out.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 3 show a first embodiment, and FIG.
Is a portable computer, mobile phone, music player,
SD as a card type electronic device used as an information recording medium for multimedia devices such as digital cameras
(Secure Digital) is a perspective view of a card, FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional side view, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a card in a card socket.

Card body 11 as a card-type electronic device
Is a thin and small flat rectangular shape having, for example, a long side of 32 mm, a short side of 24 mm, and a thickness of 1.4 mm. It is composed of a card case 12 and a circuit board 13 housed inside the card case 12, and an electronic component 14 such as a controller and a memory is mounted on the surface of the circuit board 13.

Furthermore, a contact terminal 15 for a host is provided so as to be exposed at a front end portion 11a of the card body 11 in the insertion direction. In addition, the base end 11b of the card body 11
In both sides, concave grooves 16a and 16b are provided over substantially the entire width of the card body 11. This groove 1
Reference numerals 6a and 16b are narrow grooves having a width of about 1 mm, and when the card body 11 is taken out from a state where it is loaded in a card socket 17 of a multimedia device such as a portable computer, a mobile phone, a music player, and a digital camera,
When picked by the fingers, the nails or fingertips of both fingers are caught.

That is, the card body 11 is restrained with some resistance so as not to easily fall out of the card socket 17 due to vibration or shock when the device is in the form of a device. Therefore, when the card body 11 is taken out from the card socket 17, even if the base end portion 11b of the card body 11 is grasped and pulled out by fingers, the fingers may slip. 16a, 1
Since 6b is provided, when picked with fingers,
The nails or fingertips of both fingers are deeply caught in the concave grooves 16a and 16b, and the card body 11 can be easily taken out from the card socket 17.

Further, by providing the concave grooves 16a and 16b on both sides of the base end of the card body 11, the direction (insertion direction) of the card body 11 can be seen at a glance, and the front and back of the card body 11 should be taken into consideration. There is no need.

In the present embodiment, the concave grooves 16a and 16b provided in the card body 11 are grooves of the same depth over the entire length, but as shown in FIG. The grooves 18a and 18b provided on both surfaces may be formed in a substantially arcuate groove in which the widthwise intermediate portions are deep and gradually become shallower toward both ends. With this configuration, when picked by the fingers, the nails or the fingertips of the both fingers have the concave groove 1.
There is an effect of being caught deeper in 8a and 18b.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4 (b), the concave grooves 19a and 19b provided on both sides of the card body 11 may be provided so as to be displaced in the insertion direction of the card body 11. With this configuration, the recessed grooves 19a and 19b can be formed deep even when the card body 11 is thin. Therefore, when picked by the fingers, there is an effect that the nails or fingertips of both fingers are caught deeper in the grooves 19a and 19b.

5 and 6 show a second embodiment, FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a card, and FIG. 6 is a vertical side view thereof. The same components as those in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals. And the description is omitted.

A through hole 20 penetrating both sides is provided in the base end portion 11b of the card body 11. The through hole 20 is 1 m provided over substantially the entire width of the card body 11 in the width direction.
It is a narrow slit hole with a width of about m, and the card body 11 is used as a card socket 1 for multimedia equipment such as portable computers, mobile phones, music players, and digital cameras.
When picked up from the state of being loaded in 7, the nails of both fingers or the fingertips are caught in the through hole 20 when picked by the fingers.

Therefore, also in this embodiment, when the card body 11 is taken out from the card socket 17, even if the base end portion 11b of the card body 11 is grasped with fingers and pulled out, the fingers may slip. Since the card body 11 is provided with through holes 20 that open on both sides, when it is picked by a finger, the nails or fingertips of both fingers are deeply caught in the through hole 20, and the card body 11 is easily taken out from the card socket 17. be able to.

Further, by providing the through holes 20 opened on both sides at the base end portion of the card body 11, the direction (insertion direction) of the card body 11 is obvious and the front and back of the card body 11 are taken into consideration. There is no need.
Furthermore, by hanging the string through the through hole 20, it is prevented from being lost.

The through holes 20 do not have to have the same width over the entire length of the card body 11 in the width direction, and as shown in FIG. 7, the middle portion of the card body 11 in the width direction is formed wider than both ends. By doing so, the nails or fingertips of both fingers are deeply caught in the through hole 20 and can be easily taken out from the card socket.

In the above embodiment, an SD (Secure Digital) as a card type electronic device is used.
1) Although the card has been described, the present invention can be applied to any card that can be inserted into and removed from the card socket, such as an I / O card, a PC card, and a prepaid card.

[0027]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the card-type electronic device is taken out from the card socket, even if the user pulls the base end of the main body with fingers, the fingers will slip. However, because both sides of the main body have concave grooves or through holes that open on both sides, when picked with your fingers, the nails or fingertips of both fingers are deeply caught in the concave groove or through hole, and the main body can be easily removed from the card socket. You can take it out.

Further, by providing the concave groove or the through hole on both surfaces at the base end portion of the main body, the direction (insertion direction) of the main body can be seen at a glance, and it is not necessary to be aware of the front and back sides of the main body. is there.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a card according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view of the card showing the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the same embodiment and showing a state where a card is loaded in a card socket.

4A and 4B show a modified example of the embodiment, in which FIG. 4A is a cross-sectional view in which a base end portion of a card is longitudinally cut in a width direction, and FIG. 4B is a cross-sectional view in which a base end portion of a card is longitudinally cut.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a card according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 shows the same embodiment and is a vertical cross-sectional side view of a card.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a base end portion of a card, showing a modified example of the same embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... Card body 11b ... Base end 13 ... Circuit board 16a, 16b ... concave groove 17 ... Card socket 20 ... Through hole

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A flat card-type electronic device which has a circuit board on which electronic components are mounted and which can be freely inserted into and removed from a card socket, and a base end of a main body of the card-type electronic device in an insertion direction with respect to the card socket. A card-type electronic device characterized in that a groove is provided on both sides of the section. 2. The card type electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the concave groove is provided over substantially the entire length of the main body in the width direction. 3. The card mold according to claim 1, wherein the concave groove is formed in a substantially arcuate shape in which a middle portion in the width direction of the main body is deep and gradually becomes shallower toward both ends. Electronics. 4. The card type electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the recessed grooves provided on both sides of the main body are displaced in the insertion direction of the main body. 5. A flat card-type electronic device having a circuit board on which electronic components are mounted and which can be inserted into and removed from a card socket, and a base end of a main body of the card-type electronic device in an insertion direction with respect to the card socket. A card-type electronic device, characterized in that a through hole is provided on both sides of the card part. 6. The card type electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the through hole is provided over substantially the entire length of the main body in the width direction.