JP2005135305A - Card fixing device and portable terminal machine using it - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a card fixing device improved in precision maintenance and strength by unified structure based on sheet-metal working for easy attachment/detachment of a card to/from an apparatus and easy fixing to an electronic apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: This card fixing device is provided with a card housing body 1, a locking jaw part 8, a slant guide part 11, and a flexible lock part 9. The card housing body 1 has a bottomed housing space 6, which is opened upward for housing the card, and a connection aperture 7, which is arranged in the position matching a spring contact point in a housing space 6 bottom part, and can be fixed to an apparatus main body. To the locking jaw part 8 formed integrally on one side wall 6a in the housing space 6, one side of the card is inserted to be locked. The other side of the card inserted into the locking jaw part 8 at one side is brought into contact with the slant guide part 11 formed integrally on the other side wall 6b in the housing space 6. The flexible lock part 9 is retracted and deformed to allow the insertion of the card when the card is inserted along the slant guide part 11, so that the lower end of the slant guide part 11 is protruded onto the other side of the card when the card is stored inside the housing space 6. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a card fixing device in which a card such as a memory card or a card-type battery is attached to an electronic device or the like, and a portable terminal using the card fixing device.

  In recent years, the use of memory cards, which are small information recording media with a built-in solid-state memory, is widely used in various electronic devices such as mobile phones, PDAs, and various computers. In addition, with the demand for downsizing of electronic devices, use of card-type batteries and the like is also considered.

As a card fixing device for fixing a memory card to an electronic device in an electrically connected state, and releasing the fixed state and taking out the memory card, a card container for storing the memory card, There is known a structure constituted by a movable locking body configured separately from the card housing and fixed to and released from the memory card by being rotatably attached to the card housing ( For example, see Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).
JP 2002-124328 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-176516

  However, the ones described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 have a structure including a combination of a card container and a movable locking body for fixing and releasing a memory card, and therefore, the number of parts is large and the number of assembly steps is increased. There is a problem that the cost increases due to increase. In addition, the memory card is about the size of a postage stamp. When a card fixing device for fixing such a small memory card is composed of a plurality of assembly parts, manufacturing accuracy and assembly accuracy of each part are required. Therefore, there is a problem that the manufacturing cost and the assembly cost become high, and there is a possibility that the reliability in terms of mechanical strength against an unskilled user repeatedly fixing and removing the memory card by hand may cause a problem. It was.

  Moreover, although the thing of the said gazette does not disclose about the structure for fixing a card container to an electronic device, since the conventional card container is fixed to an electronic device using a fixing screw etc. The fixing operation is complicated and the number of assembly steps increases.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and by maintaining a single structure by sheet metal processing, accuracy retention and reliability of strength are enhanced, and card mounting / removing operations with respect to equipment are easy. It is an object of the present invention to provide a card fixing device that can be easily fixed to an electronic device and a portable terminal using the card fixing device.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is a card fixing device for supporting the card so that the card can be pressed against and fixed to a spring contact provided in the apparatus main body,
A card housing that has a bottomed housing space that is open at the top and accommodates a card, and that has a connection opening at a position corresponding to the spring contact at the bottom of the housing space and can be fixed to the device body. Body,
A locking jaw part that is integrally provided on one side wall of the housing space and that inserts and restrains one side of the card;
Provided integrally with the other side wall opposite to the one side wall of the housing space, and having an inclined guide portion that contacts the other side of the card when the side of the card is inserted into the locking jaw, When the card is pushed along the inclined guide part, the card is retracted and deformed to allow the card to be inserted into the accommodation space. When the card is received in the accommodation space, the lower end of the inclined guide part projects over the other side of the card. , And a flexible lock portion adapted to abut,
It is provided with.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the card fixing device according to the first aspect, wherein when the lower end of the inclined guide portion of the flexible lock portion is deformed to the outside of the accommodating space, the accommodating space is caused by the repulsive force of the spring contact. The card contained in the card is pushed out upward.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the card fixing device according to the first or second aspect, a depression for pressing is formed in the inclined guide portion of the flexible lock portion.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the card fixing device according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the card is taken out to an end wall in a direction perpendicular to one side wall of the accommodation space. A recess is provided.

  A fifth aspect of the present invention relates to the card fixing device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the flexible lock portion extends vertically upward from one side wall of the accommodation space. And an inclined guide portion that is bent and inclined from the upper end of the vertical portion toward the accommodation space.

  The invention according to claim 6 relates to the card fixing device according to claim 5, wherein a lower end of the inclined guide portion has a bent portion that is bent outward from the accommodating space, and the bent portion is the vertical portion. A stopper is provided to extend through the hole opened to the top and is locked to the vertical portion at the tip thereof to keep the distance between the lower end of the inclined guide portion and the vertical portion substantially constant. To do.

  The invention according to claim 7 relates to the card fixing device according to claim 1, wherein the flexible lock portion is extended from the rising portion of the end portion of the other side wall of the accommodation space to the center side of the other side wall. The inclined guide part is formed at the tip of the part.

  The invention according to an eighth aspect relates to the card fixing device according to any one of the first to seventh aspects, wherein an insulating sheet is attached to the bottom of the accommodation space excluding the connection opening. Features.

  The invention according to claim 9 relates to the card fixing device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, and can be fixed to the device body by placing the card container on the device body and sliding it. A slide fixing mechanism is provided.

  A tenth aspect of the present invention relates to the card fixing device according to any one of the first to ninth aspects, wherein the card is a memory card.

  According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, a portable terminal is configured by mounting the card fixing device according to any one of the first to tenth aspects in a housing.

  As described above, in the card fixing device according to the first aspect of the present invention, the card container having the locking jaw portion and the flexible lock portion is integrally formed by a metal plate having a spring property processed by sheet metal. Therefore, the card container can be easily manufactured with high accuracy, and thus there is an effect that the operation of the card container and the reliability of the strength are improved. Further, there is an effect that the card can be easily mounted with one hand.

  According to the card fixing device of the second aspect, the lower end of the inclined guide portion of the flexible lock portion is deformed to the outside of the accommodation space, so that the card mounted in the accommodation space can be easily removed by the repulsive force of the spring contact. There is an effect that can be put out. Further, there is an effect that the card can be easily taken out with one hand.

  According to the card fixing device of the third aspect, since the depression for pressing is formed in the inclined guide portion of the flexible lock portion, the pressing point for pressing the inclined guide portion when the card is taken out can be specified and the pressing is easy. In addition, there is an effect that it is possible to prevent the card from jumping out of the card housing body because the card popping out of the housing space hits the finger due to the pressing of the inclined guide portion.

  According to the card fixing device according to claim 4, since the taking-out concave portion is provided, even if the finger is displaced from the pressing point of the pressing concave portion and the card pop-out stops halfway, the taking-out concave portion There is an effect that a card can be easily taken out by putting a nail into the card.

  According to the card fixing device of claim 5, the flexible lock portion has a vertical portion that extends vertically upward from the other side wall of the accommodation space, and an inclination that is bent and inclined from the upper end of the vertical portion toward the accommodation space. Since it is comprised from the guide part, there exists an effect which is easy to deform | transform an inclination guide part.

  According to the card fixing device of the sixth aspect of the invention, a bent portion that is bent outward from the accommodation space is provided at the lower end of the inclined guide portion, and the bent portion extends so as to pass through the hole opened in the vertical portion. Further, by providing a stopper locked to the vertical portion at the tip, there is an effect that the distance between the lower end of the inclined guide portion and the vertical portion can be kept substantially constant, and the card can be always taken out easily.

  According to the card fixing device of claim 7, the flexible lock portion has the inclined guide portion at the tip of the extended flexible portion extending from the rising portion at the end of the other side wall of the accommodation space to the center side of the other side wall. Since it forms, there exists an effect which can further simplify the structure of a flexible block.

  According to the card fixing device of the eighth aspect, since the insulating sheet is attached to the bottom of the accommodation space excluding the connection opening, it is possible to reliably prevent the card container and the card from being in electrical contact. There is.

  According to the card fixing device of the ninth aspect, since the card container includes the slide fixing mechanism that can be fixed to the device main body by being placed on the device main body and sliding, the card container is attached to the device main body. Is extremely easy, and the assembly work efficiency is greatly improved.

  According to the card fixing device of the tenth aspect, there is an effect that the memory card can be easily attached and detached.

  According to the portable terminal of the eleventh aspect, the card can be easily attached to and detached from the portable terminal, and the portable terminal can be manufactured at low cost.

  DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  1 is a plan perspective view showing a first embodiment of the card fixing device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of the card fixing device of FIG. 1 viewed from the back side, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of the card fixing device of FIG. 4 is a rear perspective view of the flexible lock portion, FIG. 4 is a plan perspective view showing an example of a device main body to which the card fixing device of FIG. 1 is applied, and FIG. 5 is a state in which the card fixing device of FIG. 1 is fixed to the device main body of FIG. FIG. 6 is a plan perspective view showing a state where a card is inserted into the card fixing device, FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a card insertion operation state when FIG. 6 is viewed from the VII-VII direction, and FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the card is stored in the accommodation space from the state of FIG. 7, FIG. 9 is a plan perspective view of the card fixing device with the card mounted thereon, and FIG. 10 is a rear perspective view of FIG. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the card fixing device of the present invention comprises a card container 1 integrally formed by sheet metal processing using a metal plate having a spring property. 4 is fixed to a mounting opening 3 formed in a mobile phone or the like shown as an example of the device main body 2 (housing). Then, a card 4 (see FIG. 6) such as a memory card is mounted on the card housing 1 to electrically connect with the spring contact 5 of the device main body 2 shown in FIG. 4 can be taken out. A plurality of spring contacts 5 shown in FIG. 5 are provided in a spring contact terminal connector 5a mounted on a board (not shown), and each spring contact 5 is urged so as to always maintain a state of protruding upward by its own repulsive force. Has been. Accordingly, when the card 4 is mounted on the card housing 1 so as to press the card 4 against the spring contact 5, the card 4 is electrically connected to the spring contact 5.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the card housing 1 includes a substantially rectangular bottomed storage space 6 that is open at the top and can store a card, and the spring contact of FIG. 5 at the bottom of the storage space 6. A connection opening 7 is formed at a position corresponding to 5. The card container 1 is made of a sheet metal part integrally processed by a press or the like using a thin plate such as a stainless steel material (SUS304-CSP) having a spring property, for example.

  As shown in FIG. 6, one side of the card 4 is inserted into the upper portion of the one side wall 6a (left side wall) forming the accommodation space 6 of the card container 1 so as to be restrained inside the accommodation space 6. The bent locking jaw 8 is integrally formed.

  Further, a card having one side locked to the locking jaw portion 8 as shown in FIG. 6 on the other side wall 6b (right side wall) facing the one side wall 6a forming the receiving space 6 of the card container 1 as shown in FIG. By pushing the other side of the card 4, the card 4 can be mounted in the receiving space 6 so that it cannot be removed, and a flexible lock portion 9 for taking out the card 4 mounted in the receiving space 6 is integrally formed. It is.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the flexible lock portion 9 includes a vertical portion 10 that extends vertically upward on the other side wall 6 b of the accommodation space 6, and is bent from the upper end of the vertical portion 10 to the accommodation space 6 side. And an inclined guide portion 11 that is inclined. The inclined guide part 11 of the flexible lock part 9 maintains a state in which the lower end always protrudes toward the accommodation space 6, and the lower end of the inclination guide part 11 is pushed when the inclination guide part 11 is pushed from the accommodation space 6 side with a finger. Has a spring characteristic that can be deformed to the outside of the housing space 6.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 7, a lower end of the inclined guide portion 11 has a bent portion 12 bent horizontally toward the outside of the accommodation space 6, and the tip of the bent portion 12 is the vertical portion 10. The stopper 13 which restrict | limits the amount of outward deformation | transformation is comprised by contact | abutting to the inner surface of this. This stopper 13 prevents the spring function of the flexible lock portion 9 from being destroyed. A part of the tip of the bent portion 12 extends through a hole 14 (see FIGS. 2 and 3) formed in the vertical portion 10, and the tip of the extended portion 15 is directed downward. The stopper 16 is configured to limit the amount of inward deformation by bending and contacting the outer surface of the vertical portion 10. The stopper 16 keeps the holding width S at which the lower end of the inclined guide portion 11 protrudes toward the accommodation space 6 substantially constant (see FIG. 7).

  The inclined guide portion 11 of the flexible lock portion 9 is formed with a pressing recess 17 for hooking a fingernail when the inclined guide portion 11 is deformed outward of the accommodating space 6.

  Further, a rear extension piece 18 bent rearward is formed on the rear end wall 6c in a direction orthogonal to the side provided with the locking jaw portion 8 and the flexible lock portion 9 of the storage space 6, At the corner between the rear extension piece 18 and the rear end wall 6c, a take-out recess 19 for taking out the card 4 by hooking a fingernail is formed.

  Note that an insulating sheet for preventing the card 4 from coming into contact with equipment other than the spring contact 5 may be attached to the bottom of the accommodation space 6 excluding the connection opening 7.

  The card container 1 is provided with a slide fixing mechanism that can be fixed to the device main body 2 only by being placed in the mounting opening 3 of the device main body 2 and sliding.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the slide fixing mechanism includes side portions that are bent from the upper end of the accommodation space 6 toward the outside of the side at four locations in the longitudinal direction on one side wall 6 a and the other side wall 6 b of the accommodation space 6. Stop pieces 21, 22, 23, and 24 are formed.

  In addition, a front locking piece 25 is formed at the upper end of the front end wall 6d of the housing space 6 and bent forward while maintaining the full width of the front end wall 6d. Locking claws 26a and 26b bent downward are formed at the front end of the direction end portion.

  Then, rear holding pieces 27 and 28 that are bent from the bottom of the accommodating space 6 toward the outside of the side are formed below the side locking pieces 23 and 24 on the rear side. The rear gripping pieces 27 and 28 are shorter in length in the front-rear direction than the side locking pieces 23 and 24. In addition, a front holding piece 29 that is bent forward from the bottom of the accommodation space 6 is formed at the center lower portion of the front locking piece 25 in the width direction.

  On the other hand, on the upper edge of the mounting opening 3 in the device main body 2, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, side locking pieces 21 and 23 provided on the card housing 1 can be moved back and forth at a required distance. A guide recess 31 having a shallow depth to be supported on the guide portion 31 and a guide surface 31 ′ for receiving the side locking pieces 22, 24 are formed, and the rear guide recess 31 has a short front and rear holding piece 27. , 28 form a notch 32 that can penetrate vertically. Therefore, when the card container 1 is placed in the mounting opening 3 of the device body 2, the rear gripping pieces 27 and 28 pass through the notch 32 and the side locking pieces 21 and 22 as shown in FIGS. , 23, 24 are locked on the guide recess 31 and the guide surface 31 ′. Therefore, when the card container 1 is slid forward, the side gripping portion 33 below the guide recess 31 is moved to the side locking piece 23. , 24 and rear gripping pieces 27, 28 are held from above and below. An inclined surface 33a is formed on the back surface of the side gripping portion 33 so as to face downward, so that the rear gripping pieces 27 and 28 can smoothly advance.

  Further, a front gripping portion 34 is provided in the front portion of the mounting opening 3 of the device main body 2. On the upper surface of the front gripping portion 34, an inclined surface 35 whose height increases toward the front for guiding the locking claws 26a, 26b at the tip of the front locking piece 25, and a front end of the inclined surface 35 are formed. Then, a fitting groove 36 into which the locking claws 26a and 26b are fitted is formed, and the lower surface of the front holding portion 34 is formed when the card container 1 is slid forward from the rear side. A holding surface 37 that guides the forward movement of the front holding piece 29 is formed. The holding surface 37 is formed with an inclined surface 37a inclined downward toward the front, so that the front holding piece 29 can smoothly advance. As a result, the locking claws 26a, 26b and the front gripping piece 29 grip the front gripping portion 34 from the vertical direction.

  The operation of the above embodiment will be described below.

  The card container 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is fixed to the device main body 2 such as the mobile phone shown in FIG. 4 by a slide fixing mechanism as follows. First, when the card container 1 is fitted into the mounting opening 3 formed in the device body 2, the rear gripping pieces 27 and 28 of the card container 1 pass through the notch 32 and the side locking pieces 21. , 22, 23, 24 are locked onto the guide recess 31 and the guide surface 31 ′. In this state, the card container 1 is pushed with a finger so as to slide forward. Then, the rear gripping pieces 27, 28 enter along the inclined surface 33 a on the lower surface of the side gripping portion 33, so that the side gripping portion 33 has the side locking pieces 23, 24 and the rear gripping pieces 27, 28. Is held from above and below.

  At the same time, by the slide, the front gripping piece 29 enters the gripping surface 37 on the lower surface of the front gripping part 34 along the inclined surface 37a and the locking claws 26a, 26b of the front locking piece 25 are moved. After being advanced along the inclined surface 35, it is fitted into the fitting groove 36. As a result, the front gripping portion 34 is gripped by the locking claws 26a, 26b and the front gripping piece 29 from the vertical direction.

  According to the slide fixing mechanism, the card container 1 can be fixed to the device main body 2 by a simple operation of sliding, so that the assembling work can be performed easily and efficiently. In addition, since the slide fixing mechanism has a function of slamming, the card container 1 fixed to the device main body 2 is difficult to remove and difficult to come off.

  Next, operations for mounting and removing the card 4 from the card container 1 will be described.

  To attach the card 4 to the card container 1, as shown in FIG. 6, one side of the card 4 is inserted below the card jaw provided on one side wall 6 a of the card container 1. At this time, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 7, the inclined guide portion 11 of the flexible lock portion 9 protrudes toward the receiving space 6 with the stopper 16 hitting the outer surface of the vertical portion 10. Is in an oblique state on the inclined guide portion 11. From this state, the other side of the card 4 is pressed with a finger as indicated by an arrow A from above. Then, the flexible lock portion 9 is deformed outward as indicated by a two-dot chain line due to its spring characteristics, and the other side of the card 4 descends along the inclined guide portion 11, and passes through the lower end of the inclined guide portion 11. Is accommodated in the accommodating space 6 as shown in FIGS. When the other side of the card 4 passes through the lower end of the inclined guide portion 11, the lower end of the inclined guide portion 11 projects again toward the accommodation space 6 due to its spring characteristics, and the card 4 accommodated in the accommodation space 6 cannot be removed. It becomes. At this time, the protruding length of the lower end of the inclined guide portion 11 toward the accommodation space 6 is defined by the stopper 16 and the holding width S of the card 4 is set.

  As described above, the card 4 can be inserted into the accommodation space 6 simply by pushing the card 4 with a finger of one hand. Further, in the state where the card 4 is mounted in the accommodation space 6, the card 4 is pushed against the upward repulsive force of the spring contact 5 in FIG. Thus, the electrical connection between the card 4 and the spring contact 5 is reliably maintained.

  In addition, when the thickness of the portable telephone is reduced and the space between the bottom surface of the accommodation space 6 of the card container 1 and the card 4 is reduced, it is necessary to reliably insulate the card container 1 and the card 4 from each other. In such a case, as described above, an insulating sheet is attached to the bottom surface of the housing space 6 or the card opening 1 is opened by opening the connection opening 7 large. 1 and the card 4 can be prevented from contacting each other.

  Next, in order to take out the card 4 accommodated in the card container 1, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the index finger nail is inserted into the pressing recess 17 formed in the inclined guide portion 11 of the flexible lock portion 9. The inclined guide portion 11 is pressed against the housing space 6 as indicated by an arrow B. At this time, since the depression recess 17 is provided in the inclined guide portion 11, the pressing point by the fingertip is specified and it is easy to apply a force.

  When the lower end of the inclined guide portion 11 is deformed to the outside from the other side of the card 4, the card 4 is released from restraint by the lower end of the inclined guide portion 11, so that the card 4 jumps upward by the repulsive force of the spring contact 5. become. At this time, the action of deforming the inclined guide portion 11 by pressing the pressing recess 17 with the fingertip and the action of the card 4 jumping out of the receiving space 6 occur almost simultaneously, so the card 4 hits the finger, Problems such as the card 4 jumping out of the card container 1 and getting dirty or lost can be prevented. Further, when the card 4 jumping out of the accommodation space 6 and hitting the finger is lifted along the inclined guide portion 11 when the finger is released from the pressing concave portion 17, the card 4 is moved in the longitudinal direction. Can be picked from both ends and easily removed with one hand.

  Further, even if the fingertip is displaced from the pressing point of the pressing recess 17 and the card 4 may stop popping out halfway, a nail is put in the extracting recess 19 formed in the rear end wall 6c. The card 4 can be easily taken out.

  FIG. 11 is a plan perspective view showing a second embodiment of the card fixing device of the present invention. The embodiment shown in FIG. 11 has the same basic configuration as the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, but only the configuration of the flexible lock portion is different. Therefore, only the portions different in this configuration will be described.

  The flexible lock portion 38 shown in FIG. 11 has an extended flexible portion 40 that extends from the rising portion 39 formed at the end of the other side wall 6b of the accommodation space 6 to the center side of the other side wall 6b. An inclined guide portion 41 is formed at the tip of the extended flexible portion 40. In this embodiment as well, the inclined guide portion 41 may be provided with the pressing concave portion 17 as shown in FIG.

  Also in the embodiment of FIG. 11, the lower end of the inclined guide portion 41 always protrudes toward the accommodation space 6, and the inclined guide portion is deformed by pressing the inclined guide portion 41 in the direction of arrow B to deform the extended flexible portion. The card can be taken out by moving to the outside of the storage space 6 and can act in exactly the same manner as the card storage body 1 shown in FIGS. According to the embodiment shown in FIG. 11, the configuration can be further simplified as compared with the case of FIGS.

  As described above, in the present invention, since the card fixing device is constituted by the card container 1 made of a single-piece sheet metal part, the accuracy of the card fixing device and the reliability of strength can be improved, and The card 4 can be mounted and the card 4 can be taken out by the flexible lock portion 9 provided in the card container 1 with one hand operation.

  In addition, since the card container 1 is fixed to the device main body 2 by the slide fixing mechanism, it is very easy to attach the card container 1 to the device main body 2, and the assembly work efficiency can be greatly increased. And the card | curd container 1 is reliably attached to the apparatus main body 2, and becomes difficult to remove | deviate from the apparatus main body 2. FIG.

  The card fixing device of the present invention can be applied to fixing / removing card-type batteries and the like other than the memory card described above. Further, the card fixing device can be applied to fixing / removing a card with respect to a PDA, a personal computer, etc. in addition to a portable telephone.

  Further, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

It is a top perspective view which shows the 1st example of a card container which comprises the card | curd fixing device of this invention. It is the back perspective view which looked at the card fixing device of Drawing 1 from the back. It is a back perspective view of the flexible lock part in the card | curd fixing apparatus of FIG. It is a top perspective view which shows an example of the apparatus main body which applies the card | curd fixing device of FIG. It is a top perspective view which shows the state which fixed the card | curd fixing apparatus of FIG. 1 to the apparatus main body of FIG. It is a top perspective view which shows the state which has inserted the card | curd in the card | curd fixing device. It is sectional drawing which shows the insertion action state of the card | curd which looked at FIG. 6 from the VII-VII direction. It is sectional drawing which shows the state in which the card | curd was accommodated in the accommodation space from the state of FIG. It is a top perspective view in the state where a card was inserted in a card fixing device. It is the back perspective view which looked at FIG. 5 from the back surface. It is a top perspective view which shows the 2nd example of a card container which comprises the card | curd fixing device of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Card body 2 Device body (frame)
4 Card 5 Spring Contact 6 Accommodating Space 6a One Side Wall 6b Other Side Wall 6c Rear End Wall 6d Front End Wall 7 Opening Portion 8 Locking Jaw 9 Flexible Lock Part 10 Vertical Part 11 Inclination Guide Part 12 Bending Part 13 Stopper 14 Hole 16 Stopper 17 Depressing concave portion 19 Retracting concave portion 38 Flexible lock portion 39 Rising portion 40 Extended flexible portion 41 Inclined guide portion

Claims (11)

A card fixing device for supporting the card so that it can be pressed against and fixed to a spring contact provided in the device body,
A card housing that has a bottomed housing space that is open at the top and accommodates a card, and that has a connection opening at a position corresponding to the spring contact at the bottom of the housing space and can be fixed to the device body. Body,
A locking jaw part that is integrally provided on one side wall of the housing space and that inserts and restrains one side of the card;
Provided integrally with the other side wall opposite to the one side wall of the housing space, and having an inclined guide portion that contacts the other side of the card when the side of the card is inserted into the locking jaw, When the card is pushed along the inclined guide part, the card is retracted and deformed to allow the card to be inserted into the accommodation space. When the card is received in the accommodation space, the lower end of the inclined guide part projects over the other side of the card. , And a flexible lock portion adapted to abut,
A card fixing device comprising:   The card accommodated in the accommodation space is pushed upward by the repulsive force of the spring contact when the lower end of the inclined guide portion of the flexible lock portion is deformed to the outside of the accommodation space. The card fixing device according to 1.   The card fixing device according to claim 1, wherein a pressing concave portion is formed in the inclined guide portion of the flexible lock portion.   The card fixing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein an extraction recess for card extraction is provided on an end wall in a direction perpendicular to one side wall of the accommodation space.   The flexible lock part includes a vertical part extending vertically upward from one side wall of the accommodation space and an inclined guide part that is bent and inclined from the upper end of the vertical part toward the accommodation space. The card fixing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4.   A lower end of the inclined guide portion has a bent portion that is bent outwardly of the accommodating space, the bent portion extends through a hole opened in the vertical portion, and the tip of the bent guide portion extends to the vertical portion. 6. The card fixing device according to claim 5, further comprising a stopper which is locked and keeps a distance between the lower end of the inclined guide portion and the vertical portion substantially constant.   The said flexible lock part forms the said inclination guide part in the front-end | tip of the extension flexible part extended from the standing | starting-up part of the other side wall edge part of accommodation space to the center side of the other side wall. The card fixing device described.   The card fixing device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein an insulating sheet is attached to a bottom portion of the accommodation space excluding the connection opening.   9. The card fixing device according to claim 1, further comprising a slide fixing mechanism that can be fixed to the device main body by placing the card container on the device main body and sliding the card container.   The card fixing device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the card is a memory card. A portable terminal comprising the card fixing device according to any one of claims 1 to 10 in a housing.

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