JP2007133706A - Pc card - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide PC cards 35 and 36 which have slot protrusion parts 37 and 38 and can be contained in a card slot 32 of an existing personal computer 31 together at a time. <P>SOLUTION: The PC cards 35 and 36 have a card main body part 2 and have the slot protrusion parts 37 and 38 connected to the card main body part 2, is thicker than the card main body part 2, and protrudes from the card slot 32 when the card main body part 2 is fitted into the card slot 32. In the PC cards, the slot protrusion parts 37 and 38 can be set by interchanging a surface side position which does not swell so readily as a back surface 14 of the card main body 2 with a back surface side position which does not swell so readily as a surface 13 of the card main body part 2 opposed to the back side 2. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a PC card that is accommodated in a card slot and extends the functions of a personal computer.

For example, a PC card having an external interface is inserted into a card slot of a personal computer, and connected to the card body but is thicker than the card body, so the card body is inserted into the card slot. In some cases, it has a protrusion outside the slot protruding from the card slot. The reason why the protrusion outside the slot is thicker than the card body is because the protrusion outside the slot has a socket and an antenna for connecting to the outside.
In general, a card slot of a notebook personal computer or the like is configured such that two PC cards can be stacked and accommodated in two upper and lower stages. Therefore, even if a PC card whose slot protruding part is thicker than the card body part is received, the PC card such as only the card body part having no other slot protruding part can be simultaneously received. The height of the bottom of the card and the back of the card body are aligned. As a result, the projecting portion outside the slot has a convex portion only on the surface side of the card body, and the PC card having the projecting portion outside the slot in the upper stage of the card slot and the PC not having the projecting section outside the slot in the lower stage. Can accommodate cards at the same time.

  However, even if two PC cards having a protruding portion outside the slot are simultaneously received, the convex portion of the protruding portion outside the slot of the lower PC card interferes with the upper PC card and the two PC cards are received. I couldn't.

In view of this, an input / output device for a PC card that allows the PC card to be turned upside down and accommodated so that the convex portion of the protruding portion of the lower PC card outside the slot does not interfere with the upper PC card has been proposed. (For example, patent document 1). This PC card input / output device can be accommodated in a card slot regardless of which side of the front or back side of the PC card is up.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-232404 (abstract)

  However, since the PC card input / output device is provided on the personal computer side having a card slot, it cannot be applied to an existing personal computer. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a PC card that has a protruding portion outside the slot but can be simultaneously accommodated in a card slot of an existing personal computer.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a card main body, and a slot outer protrusion that protrudes from the card slot when the card main body is connected to the card main body and is thicker than the card main body. In the PC card having the card, the protruding portion outside the slot changes the front side position that does not bulge from the back side of the card body and the back side position that does not bulge from the front side of the card body facing the back side. It is a PC card that can be set by

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a PC card that has a protruding portion outside the slot but can be simultaneously accommodated in a card slot of an existing personal computer.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings as appropriate.

(First embodiment)
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the PC card 1 according to the first embodiment has a card main body 2 and an out-slot protrusion 3 connected to the card main body 2. The card body 2 includes a PC connector 4, a front label 5, an in-slot insertion portion 6, a body connector 7, and support rails 11 and 12. The PC connector 4 is a connector for connecting the PC card 1 to a card slot such as a personal computer (not shown). The front label 5 is affixed on the main body surface 13 of the card main body 2, and indicates the orientation of the front and back when the PC card 1 is received in the card slot of the personal computer. Since the in-slot insertion portion 6 is inserted into the card slot, the thickness is determined by the PC card standard so that one PC card can be accommodated in each of the upper and lower stages of the card slot. The main body connector 7 is a female connector that connects the card main body portion 2 to the protruding portion 3 outside the slot. The main body connector 7 has an upper terminal 24 and a lower terminal 23. The upper terminal 24 and the lower terminal 23 are fixed to the in-lot insertion portion 6.

  The outside-slot protrusion 3 is thicker than the card body 2 and protrudes from the card slot when the card body 2 is inserted into the card slot. The outside-slot protruding portion 3 has a protruding connector 8, external connectors 9 and 10, an external power feeding portion 19, and support grooves 21 and 22. The protruding connector 8 is a male connector that connects the outside-slot protruding portion 3 to the card body 2 and is connected to the body connector 7. The protruding connector 8 has an upper terminal 26, a lower terminal 28, and a substrate 27. The upper terminal 26 and the lower terminal 28 are fixed to the substrate 27. The external connectors 9 and 10 are connectors such as a socket and an antenna for connecting a personal computer to an external device via the PC card 1. The reason why the protruding portion 3 outside the slot is thicker than that of the card body portion 2 is that the external connectors 9 and 10 are thick. The support groove 21 fixes the protruding portion 3 outside the slot to the card body 2 by inserting the support rail 11. Similarly, the support groove 22 fixes the protrusion 3 outside the slot to the card body 2 by inserting the support rail 12.

  When the slot protruding portion 3 is arranged with respect to the card body 2 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, it is assumed that the slot protruding portion 3 is arranged at the front surface side position. In the front surface side position, the protruding portion 3 outside the slot does not interfere with the PC card mounted in the lower stage of the card slot when it is mounted in the upper stage of the card slot. In the front surface side position, the protruding portion 3 outside the slot does not bulge more than the back surface 14 of the main body portion of the card body portion 2 and does not become lower than the back surface 14 of the main body portion. The protruding portion 3 outside the slot is higher than the main body surface 13 of the card main body 2. In addition, with respect to the upper surface 15 and the bottom surface 16 that face the outside-slot protrusion 3, the bottom surface 16 is disposed on the main body rear surface 14 side in the front surface position and is not lower than the main body rear surface 14. It arrange | positions at the part surface 13 side, and becomes higher than the main body part surface 13. Further, the protruding portion 17 disposed outside the region which is higher than the main body surface 13 of the protruding portion 3 outside the slot and is inserted between the extended surface of the main body surface 13 and the extended surface of the main body back surface 14 Part 3 has. In the front surface side position, the convex portion 17 is disposed on the main body portion surface 13 side and is higher than the main body portion surface 13.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the PC card 1 according to the first embodiment is separable into a card main body 2 and an out-slot protrusion 3. By being separable, the PC card 1 can change the position on the front side in FIGS. 1 and 2 and the position on the back side in FIG. 4 to be described later through the separated transition state in FIG. Can be set.

  Separation is possible because the main body connector 7 is provided on the end face of the card main body 2 where the outside-slot protrusion 3 is separated from the card main body 2. Correspondingly, the protruding connector 8 is provided on the end face of the protruding portion 3 outside the slot where the card body 2 is separated from the protruding portion 3 outside the slot. By removing the protruding connector 8 from the main body connector 7, the card main body portion 2 and the outside-slot protruding portion 3 are separated. By connecting the main body connector 7 and the protruding connector 8, the card main body 2 and the outside-slot protruding portion 3 are connected.

  As shown in FIG. 4, in the PC card 1 according to the first embodiment, the outside-slot protrusion 3 can be set to the back side position with respect to the card body 2. The back side position is different from the front side position. In the rear surface side position, the protruding portion 3 outside the slot does not interfere with the PC card mounted on the upper stage of the card slot when mounted on the lower stage of the card slot. In the back side position, the outside-slot protrusion 3 does not bulge out from the main body surface 13 of the card main body 2 and does not rise above the main body surface 13. In the rear surface side position, the bottom surface 16 of the outside-slot protrusion 3 is disposed on the main body surface 13 side and is not higher than the main body surface 13, and the top surface 15 of the outside-slot protrusion 3 is disposed on the main body back surface 14. Lower than the part back surface 14. Moreover, in the back surface side position, the convex part 17 is arrange | positioned at the main body part back surface 14 side, and becomes lower than the main body part back surface 14. The support groove 21 fixes the protruding portion 3 outside the slot to the card body 2 by inserting the support rail 12. The support groove 22 fixes the protruding portion 3 outside the slot to the card body 2 by inserting the support rail 11.

  As described above, the position of the rear surface side of the protruding portion 3 outside the slot is in a positional relationship in which the protruding portion 3 outside the slot is turned upside down with respect to the front surface side position.

  1 and 2, the upper terminal 24 of the main body connector 7 is connected to the upper terminal 26 of the protruding connector 8. The lower terminal 23 of the main body connector 7 is connected to the lower terminal 28 of the protruding connector 8. 4, the upper terminal 24 of the main body connector 7 is connected to the lower terminal 28 of the protruding connector 8. The lower terminal 23 of the main body connector 7 is connected to the upper terminal 26 of the protruding connector 8. Thus, the connection of the terminal is switched between the back surface side position and the front surface side position. Even if the connection of the terminals is switched, the function as the PC card 1 is the same in the back side position and the front side position.

  In order to make the function the same, at least one of the main body connector 7 shown in FIG. 5 and the protruding connector 8 shown in FIG. 6 has a plurality of upper terminals arranged symmetrically with respect to the plurality of lower terminals. Yes. Specifically, the plurality of upper terminals 24 of the main body connector 7 of FIG. 5 are arranged point-symmetrically with respect to the plurality of lower terminals 23. Assuming that the external connectors 9 and 10 in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are two universal serial bus (USB) connectors, as the upper terminal 24, terminals A4 to A1 constituting the USB terminal A and a direct current ( DC) A terminal + and a terminal − constituting a power source terminal are arranged on the in-lot insertion portion 6 in order from the left outer side to the center of the main body connector 7. As the lower terminal 23, the terminals B4 to B1 constituting the USB terminal B and the terminals + and-constituting the DC power supply terminal are inserted into the lot in order from the right outer side to the center of the main body connector 7. Arranged on the part 6.

  On the other hand, the USB terminals a excluding the DC power supply of the plurality of upper terminals 26 of the protruding connector 8 of FIG. 6 are arranged point-symmetrically with respect to the USB terminals b that are the plurality of lower terminals 28. As the upper terminal 26, the terminals a4 to a1 constituting the USB terminal a and the terminals + and-constituting the terminals of the DC power supply are sequentially placed on the board 27 in the direction from the left outer side to the center of the protruding connector 8. It is arranged. As the lower terminal 28, terminals b4 to b1 constituting the USB terminal b are arranged on the board 27 in order from the right outer side to the center of the protruding connector 8. The USB terminal a is connected to the external connector 9 and the USB terminal b is connected to the external connector 10. The terminals + and-of the DC power supply are connected to the external power feeding unit 19 shown in FIGS.

  The terminals A1 and B1 in FIG. 5 input and output signals having the same function. In the front side position, the terminal A1 is connected to the terminal a1 in FIG. 6, and the terminal B1 is connected to the terminal b1 in FIG. At the back side position, the terminal A1 is connected to the terminal b1 in FIG. 6, and the terminal B1 is connected to the terminal a1 in FIG. Similarly, terminals B2 to B4 corresponding to terminals A2 to A4 in FIG. 5 input and output signals having the same function. In the front side position, the terminals A2 to A4 are respectively connected to the terminals a2 to a4 in FIG. 6, and the terminals B2 to B4 are respectively connected to the terminals b2 to b4 in FIG. At the back side position, the terminals A2 to A4 are respectively connected to the terminals b2 to b4 in FIG. 6, and the terminals B2 to B4 are respectively connected to the terminals a2 to a4 in FIG. That is, at the front side position, the USB terminal A is connected to the USB terminal a in FIG. 6, and the USB terminal B is connected to the USB terminal b in FIG. At the back side position, the USB terminal A is connected to the USB terminal b in FIG. 6, and the USB terminal B is connected to the USB terminal a in FIG. As a result, even if the outside-slot protruding portion 3 is inverted, the same pin assignment is obtained, so that the external connectors 9 and 10 can function similarly at the front surface side position and the back surface side position. The substrate part terminal of the separation part has the following structure so that the same pin assignment is obtained even if the separation part is inverted.

  The terminal + of the upper terminal 24 and the terminal + of the lower terminal 23 in FIG. 5 are connected. The terminal − of the upper terminal 24 and the terminal − of the lower terminal 23 are connected. In the front side position, the terminal + and the terminal − of the upper terminal 24 are connected to the terminal + and the terminal − in FIG. 6, respectively. At the back side position, the terminal + and the terminal − of the lower terminal 23 are connected to the terminal + and the terminal − in FIG. 6, respectively. As a result, the power supplied from the external power supply unit 19 can be supplied to the card body 2 via the outside-slot protrusion 3 at the front surface side position and the back surface side position. Note that the terminal 28 on the lower side of FIG. 6 is not provided with the terminal + and terminal − of the DC power supply, but as in FIG. 5, it is point-symmetric with the terminal + and terminal − of the DC power supply of the upper terminal 26. The terminal + and terminal-of the DC power source may be arranged at the position of.

  In the front side position, the main body connector 7 and the protruding connector 8 are connected via the upper terminal 24 of the main body connector 7 in FIG. 5 and the upper terminal 27 of the protruding connector 8 in FIG. Further, the main body connector 7 and the protruding connector 8 are connected via the lower terminal 23 of the main body connector 7 in FIG. 5 and the lower terminal 28 of the protruding connector 8 in FIG. 6.

  In the rear surface side position, the main body connector 7 and the protruding connector 8 are connected via the upper terminal 24 of the main body connector 7 in FIG. 5 and the lower terminal 28 of the protruding connector 8 in FIG. Further, the main body connector 7 and the protruding connector 8 are connected via the lower terminal 23 of the main body connector 7 in FIG. 5 and the upper terminal 26 of the protruding connector 8 in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 7, according to the first embodiment, the PC card 35 in the front side position having the protruding portion 37 outside the slot set in the front side position, and the outside of the slot set in the back side position. It is possible to prepare a PC card 36 having a protruding portion 38 at the back side position. Two PC cards, a PC card 35 at the front side position and a PC card 36 at the back side position, are accommodated in the card slot 32 of the existing personal computer 31. The PC connectors 4 of the PC card 35 at the front side position and the PC card 36 at the back side position are connected to the upper connector 33 and the lower connector 34, respectively. A USB cable 44 can be connected to the external connectors 9 and 10 of the PC card 35 at the front side position and the PC card 36 at the back side position. As described above, the extended function of connecting the USB cable 44 can be simultaneously added to the personal computer 31 by the two PC cards 35 and 36. Since the front labels 5 of the PC cards 35 and 36 are both facing upward and the PC cards 35 and 36 have the same arrangement of terminals of the PC connector 4 so that the PC cards 35 and 36 can be accommodated in the card slot 32, There is no need to change the terminal arrangement between the upper connector 33 and the lower connector 34. As the personal computer 31, a conventional personal computer can be used, and it is not necessary to obtain a new personal computer or modify the upper connector 33, the lower connector 34, or the like.

  As shown in FIG. 8, in the card slot 32, two PC cards, that is, the PC card 35 in the front side position and the PC card 36 in the back side position, can be accommodated in the accommodated state. This is because the protrusions 37 and 38 outside the slot do not interfere with each other. In particular, in the case of a notebook personal computer, a PC card is used for expansion of a plurality of interfaces such as USB. Therefore, according to the first embodiment in which a plurality of cards can be mounted without interfering with each other, the interface to be expanded A plurality of can be selected. According to the first embodiment, there can be provided a PC card that has the protruding portions 37 and 38 (3) outside the slot but can be simultaneously accommodated in the card slot of an existing personal computer.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 9, the extension cable which connects the main body connector 7 and the protrusion connector 8 can be provided. The extension cable includes a connector 48 that is connected to the main body connector 7, a connector support 41 that supports the connector 48, a connection cable 42 that connects the connectors 48 and 47, and a connector 47 that connects the connection cable 42 and the protruding connector. And a connector support portion 43 that supports the connector 47. The extension cable can be attached to and detached from the card body 2 and the outside-slot protrusion 3. By mounting, the external connectors 9 and 10 can be placed at any place, for example, at the user's hand with respect to the personal computer containing the PC card, and the convenience for the user can be improved.

(Second Embodiment)
As shown in FIG. 10, the PC card 1 according to the second embodiment also has a slot-side protruding portion 3 positioned on the surface side position in the same manner as the PC card 1 according to the first embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 2. Can be set to Further, as shown in FIG. 12, the PC card 1 according to the second embodiment also has the outside-slot protruding portion 3 at the back side position, similarly to the PC card 1 according to the first embodiment of FIG. Can be set. However, as shown in FIG. 11, the PC card 1 according to the second embodiment differs from the PC card 1 according to the first embodiment of FIG.

  In the PC card 1 according to the second embodiment, instead of the main body connector 7 and the protruding connector 8 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the card main body 2 and the outside-slot protruding portion 3 are connected by a cable 57. . Specifically, the cable 57 connects the terminal 52 of the electric circuit 51 included in the card main body 2 and the terminal 56 of the electric circuit 55 included in the protruding portion 3 outside the slot. The cable 57 is routed so as to pass through end faces facing each other in order to connect the protruding portion 3 outside the slot and the card body 2. The cable 57 does not break even if it is twisted more than half a turn in response to the rotation of the protruding portion 3 outside the slot with respect to the card body 2 with the perpendicular of the end face as the rotation axis. In order to prevent disconnection even when twisted, wiring is performed in a long and slack state so that the cable 57 does not stretch even if it is twisted, and the cable 57 itself may be selected as flexible wiring. Further, it is desirable to provide a pipe 54 with a stopper in order to prevent a force pulled by the cable 57 during the transition of FIG. By passing the cable 57 through the stopper-attached pipe 54, the cable 57 is not exposed to the outside world, and therefore is not easily damaged. The stopper of the stopper-equipped pipe 54 is brought into contact with the end surfaces facing each other so that the protruding portion 3 outside the slot and the card body 2 are connected, so that the pipe 54 with a stopper is pulled from the protruding portion 3 outside the slot and the card body 2. Arranged so as not to be pulled out. Further, it is desirable to provide a spring 53 between the end face and the stopper so as to wind around the pipe 54 with the stopper. Due to the force of the spring 53 to extend, the front surface side position of FIG. 10 and the back surface side position of FIG. 12 can be stably maintained instead of the state during the transition of FIG.

  In order to shift the front surface side position in FIG. 10 and the back surface side position in FIG. 12, first, the card body 2 and the out-slot protruding portion until the support rails 11 and 12 are removed from the support grooves 21 and 22. Pull 3 apart. Next, the protruding portion 3 outside the slot is rotated 180 degrees with respect to the card main body 2 around the exposed pipe 54 with a stopper. Finally, the card body 2 and the outside-slot protrusion 3 are brought into close contact with each other so that the support rails 11 and 12 enter the support grooves 21 and 22.

  According to the second embodiment, not only the effects of the first embodiment can be obtained, but also the contact by the so-called connector between the main body connector 7 and the protruding connector 8 does not exist, so there is no contact failure due to the connector. . Although there is a protruding portion 3 outside the slot, it is possible to provide a PC card that can be accommodated simultaneously in the card slot of an existing personal computer.

(Third embodiment)
As shown in FIGS. 13A, 13B, and 13C, the PC card 1 according to the third embodiment is the same as the PC card 35 according to the first embodiment shown in FIGS. As in 1), the outside-slot protrusion 37 (3) can be set to the front surface side position. In the front side position, the outside-slot protruding portion 37 (3) does not become lower than the back surface 14 of the main body portion of the card main body portion 2. Further, in the front surface side position, the bottom surface 16 of the outside-slot protrusion 37 (3) is disposed on the back surface 14 side of the main body and is not lower than the back surface 14 of the main body. It arrange | positions at the surface 13 side and becomes higher than the main-body-part surface 13.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 13A, 13D, and 13E, the PC card 1 according to the third embodiment is also the PC card 36 (1) according to the first embodiment shown in FIGS. In the same manner as in (), the outside-slot protrusion 38 (3) can be set to the back side position. In the back side position, the outside-slot protrusion 38 (3) does not become higher than the main body surface 13 of the card main body 2 facing the main body back 14. However, in the PC card 1 according to the third embodiment, unlike the PC card 1 according to the first embodiment in FIG. 4, the bottom surface 16 of the outside-slot protruding portion 38 (3) is the main body at the back side position. The upper surface 15 of the protruding portion 38 (3) outside the slot is disposed on the side of the main body surface 13 and is lower than the main body surface 13.

  Such a difference is due to a difference in the method of shifting the front surface side position and the back surface side position to each other. The PC card according to the third embodiment has a hinge portion 61 and a cable 62 instead of the main body connector 7 and the protruding connector 8 in order to realize the method of shifting. The hinge portion 61 connects the card main body portion 2 and the outside-slot protrusions 37 and 38 (3), and rotates so that the outside-slot protrusions 37 and 38 (3) move to the front surface side position and the back surface side position. .

  The cable 62 connects the electric circuit 51 included in the card main body 2 and the electric circuit 55 included in the protruding portion 3 outside the slot via the hinge portion 61, and bends according to the rotation of the hinge portion 61. Specifically, the cable 62 connects the terminal 52 of the electric circuit 51 included in the card main body 2 and the terminal 56 of the electric circuit 55 included in the protruding portion 3 outside the slot. The cable 62 is not disconnected even if it is bent according to the rotation of the hinge portion 61. In order not to be disconnected even if it is bent, it is only necessary to perform wiring with a long slack so that the cable 62 is not stretched and to select flexible wiring for the cable 62 itself. For example, as the cable 62, a flat cable or a flexible flat cable may be used. Further, instead of the cable 62, a flexible printed circuit board (PCB) may be used. In the flexible PCB, a copper foil serving as a wiring is bonded on a flexible or flexible polyester film or polyimide film substrate. It is only necessary to connect the terminal 52 of the electric circuit 51 included in the card body 2 and the terminal 56 of the electric circuit 55 included in the protruding portion 3 outside the slot by the wiring of the copper foil.

  As a method of shifting the front surface side position and the back surface side position to each other, in order to shift to the front surface side position, the hinge portion 61 is rotated so as to lift the slot outer protrusions 37 and 38 (3), and the rear surface In order to shift to the side position, the hinge portion 61 may be rotated so as to push down the slot outer protrusions 37 and 38 (3).

As shown in FIG. 14, according to the third embodiment, similarly to the first embodiment, the front surface side PC card 35 having the slot outer protrusion 37 set at the front surface side position, and the back surface It is possible to prepare the PC card 36 at the back side position having the outside-slot protrusions 38 set at the side position. Even if two PC cards, that is, the PC card 35 at the front side position and the PC card 36 at the back side position are accommodated in the card slot 32 of the existing personal computer 31, the protruding portions 37 and 38 outside the slot do not interfere with each other.
On the contrary, the hinge portions 61 of the two PC cards, that is, the PC card 35 at the front side position and the PC card 36 at the back side position, are set at an arbitrary angle so that the protrusions 37 and 38 outside the slot do not interfere with each other. You may adjust to rotate. Specifically, when the PC card 35 is mounted on the upper stage of the card slot 32, the slot outside protrusion 37 (3) is in a position indicated by a dotted line that does not interfere with the PC card 36 mounted on the lower stage of the card slot. The surface side position may be set. Further, when the PC card 36 is installed in the lower stage of the card slot 32, the rear side position is set to a position as indicated by the dotted line in which the protruding portion 38 (3) outside the slot does not interfere with the PC card 35 installed in the upper stage of the card slot. May be set. Thus, if the front surface side position and the back surface side position are set, the front surface side position of the outside-slot protrusion 37 (3) may be a position indicated by a dotted line in FIGS. The position on the back side of the outside-slot protrusion 38 (3) may be a position indicated by a dotted line in FIGS. In both the solid line and the dotted line, the rear surface side position of the outside-slot protrusion 38 (3) is a position lower than the front-side position of the outside-slot protrusion 37 (3).

  According to the third embodiment, the PC card that has the protruding portions 37 and 38 (3) outside the slot but can be simultaneously accommodated in the card slot of an existing personal computer can be provided.

  The present invention described above can be widely modified without departing from the spirit of the invention.

It is a bird's-eye view in the surface side position of the PC card concerning one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4A is a top view (a), a side view (b), a cross-sectional view (c) in the II direction, and an enlarged view (d) of a region I at the front surface side position of the PC card according to the embodiment of the present invention. 4A is a top view (a), a side view (b), a sectional view (c) in the II-II direction, and an enlarged view (d) of a region II during the position transition of the PC card according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. They are the top view (a) in the back side position of the PC card concerning one embodiment of the present invention, a side view (b), a sectional view (c) of the VV direction, and an enlarged view (d) of field III. The arrangement | sequence figure (a) of the terminal arrange | positioned at the upper surface of a main body connector, the arrangement figure (b) of the terminal arrange | positioned at the lower surface of a main body connector, and sectional drawing (c) of III-III direction of a main body connector. The arrangement | sequence figure (a) of the terminal arrange | positioned at the upper surface of a protrusion connector, the arrangement figure (b) of the terminal arrange | positioned at the lower surface of a protrusion connector, and sectional drawing (c) of the IV-IV direction of a protrusion connector. It is a figure for demonstrating the condition at the time of accommodating simultaneously the PC card of the surface side position, and the PC card of a back surface side position in the card slot of a personal computer. FIG. 4 is a perspective view (a) from the oblique side and a perspective view (b) from the side of the PC card in the front side position, the PC card in the back side position simultaneously accommodated in the card slot of the personal computer. They are the top view (a) and side view (b) of the PC card which connected the extension cable between the card | curd main-body part and the protrusion part outside a slot. They are the perspective view (a) from the upper side in the surface side position of the PC card based on one Embodiment of this invention, and a side view (b). They are a perspective view (a) from the upper side and a side view (b) during the position transition of the PC card concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is the perspective view (a) from the upper side in the back surface side position of the PC card which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention, and a side view (b). The perspective view from the upper side of the PC card concerning one embodiment of the present invention (a), the side view in the surface side position (b), the sectional view in the VI-VI direction in the surface side position (c), the side in the back surface side position FIG. 4D is a cross-sectional view in the VI-VI direction at the back side position (e). It is the perspective view from the side of the PC card of the surface side position simultaneously accommodated in the card slot of a personal computer, and the PC card of a back surface side position.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 PC card 2 Card main-body part 3 Slot outer protrusion part 7 Main body connector 8 Projection connector 13 Main body part surface 14 Main body part back surface 15 Upper surface of slot outer protrusion part 16 Bottom surface of slot outer protrusion part 17 Convex part 23 It arrange | positions on the upper surface of main body connector 24 The terminal arranged on the lower surface of the main body connector 26 The terminal arranged on the upper surface of the protruding connector 27 The substrate 28 The terminal arranged on the lower surface of the protruding connector 31 Personal computer 32 Card slot 35 PC card 36 on the front side position 36 Back surface Side PC card 37 Projection outside slot on front side position 38 Projection outside slot on rear side position 42 Connection cable 47, 48 Connector 51 Electrical circuit 55 Electrical circuit 57 Cable 61 Hinge part 62 Cable

Claims (9)

In a PC card having a card main body, and a slot outer protrusion that is connected to the card main body, is thicker than the card main body, and protrudes from the card slot when the card main body is installed in a card slot.
The outside-slot protruding portion is set by mutually changing a front side position that does not bulge from the back side of the card body and a back side position that does not bulge from the front side of the card body facing the back side. PC card characterized by being able to do. The protruding portion outside the slot has a top surface and a bottom surface facing each other,
In the front surface side position, the bottom surface is disposed on the back surface side and is not lower than the back surface, and the top surface is disposed on the front surface side and is higher than the front surface,
2. The PC card according to claim 1, wherein, in the back surface side position, the bottom surface is disposed on the front surface side and is not higher than the front surface, and the top surface is disposed on the back surface and is lower than the back surface. The protruding portion outside the slot has a convex portion,
In the surface side position, the convex portion is disposed on the surface side and is higher than the surface,
2. The PC card according to claim 1, wherein at the back side position, the convex portion is disposed on the back side and is lower than the back side. The card body and the projection outside the slot are separable,
The card main body has a main body connector on an end surface of the card main body from which the protrusion outside the slot is separated,
The protruding portion outside the slot has a protruding connector on an end surface of the protruding portion outside the slot from which the card body portion is separated,
By connecting the main body connector and the protruding connector, the card main body portion and the protruding portion outside the slot are coupled,
4. The PC card according to claim 2, wherein the card body portion and the outside-slot protruding portion are separated by removing the protruding connector from the main body connector. 5. At least one of the main body connector and the protruding connector has a plurality of first terminals arranged symmetrically with respect to a plurality of second terminals,
In the front surface side position, the main body connector and the protruding connector are connected via the first terminal,
5. The PC card according to claim 4, wherein the main body connector and the protruding connector are connected via the second terminal at the back surface side position.   Connecting the electrical circuit of the card body part and the electrical circuit of the projection part outside the slot via end faces facing each other in order to connect the projecting part outside the slot and the card body part, and the perpendicular of the end face 4. The PC card according to claim 2, further comprising a cable that twists more than half a turn according to the rotation of the protruding portion outside the slot with respect to the card main body with the rotation axis as a rotation axis.   5. The apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising an extension cable that is attachable to and detachable from the card main body portion and the protruding portion outside the slot, and that connects the main body connector and the protruding connector at the time of the mounting. PC card of description. A hinge part that connects the card main body part and the outside-slot protrusion part, and the outside-slot protrusion part rotates to move to the front-side position and the back-side position;
The wiring structure according to claim 1, further comprising: a wiring that bends in accordance with the rotation by connecting an electrical circuit included in the card main body portion and an electrical circuit included in the outside-slot protruding portion via the hinge portion. PC card. A card main body, and a slot outer protrusion that is connected to the card main body, is thicker than the card main body, and protrudes from the card slot when the card main body is mounted on an upper or lower card slot. In PC card,
The protrusion outside the slot is
When mounted on the upper stage, it is set to the front side position that does not interfere with the PC card mounted on the lower stage,
The PC card, wherein when installed in the lower stage, the PC card is set at a back side position different from the front side position without interfering with the PC card installed in the upper stage.

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