JP2003099741A - Portable storage electronic medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable storage electronic medium capable of reducing a slide switch operating load to zero for those portions other than a portion where a slide switch is positioned. SOLUTION: The projection 55 of the slide switch 5 and the projections 71 and 72 of the rib 62 of an upper casing part 2 are disposed at a first position P1 from which the slide switch 5 is started and a second position P2 to which the slide switch is moved. By this, a click feeling can be provided by giving a load to necessary positions, and the load can be reduced to zero while the slide switch is moved from the first position P1 to the second position P2. Thus a plastic deformation can be suppressed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable storage electronic medium used for a portable storage electronic medium such as an IC card, and more particularly to a portable storage electronic medium provided with a detection target for detecting whether the storage electronic medium is writable or prohibited. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A portable electronic storage medium has a housing,
Electronic components for information processing are arranged in this housing. A slide switch is provided as an object to be detected on the outer side surface of the housing, and is moved between the first and second positions of the housing.

When the housing is inserted into the information processing apparatus, it is physically detected by the position sensor of the slide switch, and when the slide switch is in the first position, for example, writing to the memory is enabled, When it is in position 2, writing to the memory is prohibited.

On the other hand, the casing is composed of upper and lower casing portions, and these upper and lower casing portions are, for example, welded and integrated. That is, a protrusion for welding is formed at the joint between the upper and lower casings, and the upper and lower casings are welded by melting the protrusion for welding.

However, since the above-mentioned conventional slide switch is simply slidably attached to the housing, it cannot reliably hold the slide switch moved to the first or second position, and the slide switch is not fixed. There was a misalignment.

Therefore, the slide switch cannot be detected at a desired position, and there is a disadvantage that proper information processing cannot be expected. Further, since the projections for welding the upper and lower casings are formed over the entire circumference of the joint portion of the upper and lower casings, there is a disadvantage that the upper and lower casings cannot be adhered well.

As a measure against this, a switch having a U-shape is incorporated on a rib provided on the housing, and the switch is slid along the rib, and immediately before sliding, It is conceivable that the protrusion of the rib positions the switch before the movement, and immediately after sliding, the protrusion of the rib of the housing positions the switch after the movement.

In this case, one protrusion is provided on the housing or the switch for positioning, but if the switch is left in the middle of movement, the protrusion remains urged and the plastic deformation causes the switch to fall to the minimum required. There is a problem that the operation load value cannot be obtained.

[0009]

In the above-mentioned conventional structure, only a smaller area in the thin structure is provided as a switch structure area, and one protrusion is provided on the rib of the housing in the area. In addition, the switch is positioned before and after the movement. However, if the switch is left in the middle of the movement, there is a problem that an operating load becomes insufficient due to plastic deformation.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable storage electronic medium in which the operating load of the switch is unloaded except for the position where the switch is positioned.

[0011]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a portable storage electronic medium of the present invention has a storable electronic component built-in, and a housing which can be inserted into and removed from an information processing device. When the housing in the information processing device is inserted, the housing is movably supported between the first and second positions, and
An object to be detected that prohibits writing of information to the electronic component depending on whether the moving position is the first or second position, and a protrusion is provided on each of the object to be detected and the case, and the object to be detected is provided. To the position where the projection formed on the detection target is over the projection formed on the housing before the position is positioned at the first or second position.
It is characterized by comprising a positioning means in which the respective protrusions are arranged.

According to this means, it is possible to apply a load at a necessary position to obtain a click feeling, and to unload without load during the movement from the first position P1 to the second position P2, which results in plastic deformation. Can be suppressed.

[0013]

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

FIG. 1 is an upper and lower surface of a portable storage electronic medium 1 used in the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a bottom view thereof, FIG. 3 is a side view thereof, and FIG. Front view,
FIG. 5 is a rear view thereof.

The electronic medium 1 has a casing 4 composed of an upper casing 2 and a lower casing 3 made of resin, and a side surface of the casing 4 is made of a resin slide switch as an object to be detected. 5 is provided. A plurality of contact pads 6 serving as contacts are exposed at one end of the upper surface of the upper housing 2 at predetermined intervals.
The contact pads 6 ... Supply power and exchange data with the outside.

A substrate 7 is housed in the housing 4 as shown in FIG. 5, and the contact pads 6 ... Are arranged on the substrate 7. The contact pads 6 ... Are exposed to the outside through an opening 8 formed in the upper housing 2.

The slide switch 5 is not electrically connected and is simply slidably attached to the side surface of the housing 4.
It is adapted to slide between the first and second positions P1 and P2 of the housing 4.

When the housing 4 is inserted into the information processing apparatus, the position of the slide switch 5 is physically detected by a sensor in the information processing apparatus. For example, when the slide switch 5 is detected at the first position P1, it enables writing to the memory in the electronic medium 1 and the second position P2.
If detected by. Writing to the memory is prohibited.

Next, referring to FIGS. 6 and 7, the first aspect of the present invention will be described.
The embodiment will be described. FIG. 6 shows AA in FIG.
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line ′, and FIG.
It is a B'sectional view.

A rib 61 as a guide is formed upright on one side of the upper casing 2 of the casing 4. The slide switch 5 has a knob portion 51 exposed to the outside.
A rib 52, which is an insertion piece protruding toward the inside of the housing 4, and a movable piece 53 which is continuous with the rib 52 and is formed in an L shape in the drawing are formed on the. An opening 54 is formed in the movable piece 53 as shown in FIG.
5 is formed. Further, the slide switch 5 has a rib 61.
It is sandwiched by the U-shaped portion 56 formed by the knob portion 51 and the movable piece 53 so as to cross over. This makes the rib 6
It is configured to move in one direction along the guide 1. The upper part of the slide switch 5 is covered with the lower housing part 3.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, projections 71 and 72 are integrally formed on the rib 62 which is formed integrally with the upper casing 2 so as to stand upright. As a result, when the slide switch 5 moves from the first position P1 in FIG. 2 to the second position P2, the protrusion 55 of the slide switch 5 rides over the protrusion 71 of the upper housing portion 2 to move to the first position. After leaving the position P1, the protrusion 55 of the slide switch 5 is replaced by the protrusion 72 of the upper housing 2.
After passing over, the process is completed by moving to the second position P2.

Since the opening 54 is formed in the movable piece 53, when the projection 55 gets over the projections 71 and 72,
Since it bends in the direction of the arrow in the drawing and can easily get over, it is possible to smoothly move from the first position P1 to the second position P2. At this time, the protrusion 55, which is in the process of moving from the first position P1 to the second position P2, is in a non-contact state with the protrusions 71 and 72. Therefore, from the position P1 to the second position P2.
Even if the movement of the slide switch 5 is interrupted in the course of moving to, the protrusion 55 will not be loaded.

As described above, according to this embodiment, since the protrusions are provided over each other, a reliable click feeling can be obtained even if the distance over which the protrusions are reached is small.
Not only is there little plastic deformation in the protrusions, but there is no shortage of operating load due to plastic deformation at locations where there are no protrusions, so it is possible to suppress a reduction in the click feeling of the slide switch.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view for explaining the second embodiment of the present invention, which corresponds to FIG. 7 viewed from the BB ′ sectional view of FIG. In this embodiment, the tip end of the support portion 81 formed to project from the slide switch 5 to the outside has a portion in which protrusions 82 and 83 are integrally formed in the opposite direction to the slide switch 5 at the tip portions separated in two directions as shown in FIG. different. The same parts as those in the configuration of FIG. 7 are designated by the same reference numerals, and different parts will be mainly described here.

When the slide switch 5 moves from the first position P1 in FIG. 2 to the second position P2, the projection 82 of the slide switch 5 rides over the projection 71 of the upper housing portion 2 to move the first position P1. Leave position P1. When the slide switch 5 is continuously moved, the projection 82 of the slide switch 5 becomes the projection 7 of the upper housing 2.
After moving over 2, the robot moves to the second position P2 to complete a series of operations.

Also in this embodiment, since the distance over the projection is small, there is almost no plastic deformation, and in the place without the projection, the operating load due to plastic deformation does not become insufficient, so that the slide switch can be operated. It is possible to suppress a decrease in click feeling.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view for explaining the third embodiment of the present invention, which corresponds to FIG. 7 viewed from the BB ′ sectional view of FIG. In this embodiment, the rib 6
The protrusions 71, 72 integrally formed on the second protrusion 2 are eliminated, and instead of this, one protrusion 9 is provided at the central position of the protrusions 71, 72.
1 is integrally formed, which is different from the configuration of FIG. The same parts as those in the configuration of FIG. 8 are designated by the same reference numerals, and different parts will be mainly described here.

That is, when the slide switch 5 moves from the first position P1 in FIG. 2 to the second position P2, the projection 82 of the slide switch 5 is replaced by the projection 91 of the upper housing 2.
And the first position P1 is left, and then the projection 83 of the slide switch 5 rides over the projection 91 of the upper housing part 2 and moves to the second position P2 to complete.

Since the distance over the projection 91 is small, there is almost no plastic deformation, and the slide switch 4
Can be held at the first position P1 or the second position P2.

The operating force of the slide switch can be changed by freely changing the heights of the protrusions 82, 83, 91.

[0031]

As described above, according to the portable storage electronic medium of the present invention, since the distance over the projection is small, there is almost no plastic deformation, and the operation load due to the plastic deformation does not occur at a portion without the projection. Since there is no shortage, it is possible to suppress deterioration of the click feeling of the slide switch.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an upper surface and a lower surface of a portable storage electronic medium used in the portable storage electronic medium of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a bottom view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a side view of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a front view of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a rear view in which a part of FIG. 1 is cut away.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA ′ in FIG. 2 for explaining the first embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB ′ of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view for explaining a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view for explaining a third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Electronic medium, 2 ... Upper housing part, 3 ... Lower housing part, 4 ... Housing, 5 ... Slide switch, 51 ... Knob part, 52 ... Rib, 53 ... Movable piece, 54 ... Opening part, 55 ... Protrusions, 56 ...
U-shaped portion, 61, 62 ... Ribs, 71, 72, 82,
83, 91 ... Protrusions, 81 ... Support portions.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An information processing apparatus, which has a storable electronic component built-in and is insertable into and removable from an information processing apparatus, and movably supported between the first and second positions. An object to be detected that prohibits writing of information to the electronic component depending on whether the movement position is the first position or the second position when the housing is inserted; A protrusion on the
The respective protrusions are arranged at positions where the protrusions formed on the detected body pass over the protrusions formed in the housing before the detected body is positioned at the first or second position. A portable storage medium comprising a positioning means. 2. The housing is configured by covering an upper housing portion with a lower housing portion, a guide portion is formed on one side surface portion of the housing, and a concave portion is formed on the detected body, 2. The portable storage device according to claim 1, wherein the object to be detected is movably attached by fitting a guide portion of the casing into the recess. 3. The positioning is performed when a protrusion is formed on the object to be detected and first and second protrusions are formed in the housing, respectively, and when the protrusion of the object to be detected crosses over the first protrusion. The portable storage device according to claim 1, wherein the first position is set, and the second position is set when the second projection is overcome. 4. The positioning is performed by forming first and second protrusions on the detected body and first and second protrusions in the housing, respectively. The first position is defined as a position over the first protrusion in the housing, and the second position is defined as a position in which the second protrusion of the detection target crosses over the second protrusion in the housing. The portable storage device according to claim 1, wherein: 5. In the positioning, first and second protrusions are formed on the detected body and protrusions are formed in the housing, respectively, and the first projection of the detected body has passed over the projection in the housing. The portable storage device according to claim 1, wherein the time is set as the first position, and the time when the second protrusion of the detection target gets over the second protrusion is set as the second position.