JPH05174208A - Electronic apparatus having connector - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To receive a deformed card of an IC card, and to extend an application of the IC card by superposing a connector by plural stages. CONSTITUTION:An IC card connector 3 formed by superposing connectors 3a, 3b of the same shape by two stages is mounted in the inside of a body of a note personal computer 1, and a port 2 for inserting an IC card in order to put it into the connector is opened on the side face of the body. In the IC card connector 3, a vertical boundary (c) exists in the vicinity of a fitting part in order to prevent an erroneous insertion, but no boundary exists in the vicinity of the inserting port. Also, a frame-like guide B for guiding the IC card is provided. At the time of using the IC card, the IC card is inserted into the inside of the note personal computer from the inserting port 2, and fitted along the guide B of the connector 3 in the end. Even if the upper and the lower parts of the card are inserted erroneously, as for the two-stage IC card connector 3, the connectors of the same shape are constituted back to back, therefore, the card can be inserted into one of the connectors.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic device having a connector.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In JEIDA V4.1, the outer size of an IC card is specified. However, FAX /
Some parts, such as modem cards, cannot be realized with the standard thickness in the present situation. In order to store such a card in an electronic device such as a personal computer, it is necessary to have a special interface.

[0003]

However, since there is little space in the inside of a personal computer such as a notebook computer having a limited capacity, it has a standard interface (for example, JEIDA) as much as possible and various cards can be connected thereto. It is better to take the method of expanding by doing.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems] JEIDA V4.1
By mounting the IC card connectors specified in 1 above in a vertically stacked manner and eliminating the boundary between the connectors, for example, a plurality of IC cards other than JEIDA standard cards can be stored. If so, the electrical interface is based on JEIDA and the external size is JEIDA.
Other modified IC cards can also be stored. It should be noted that one or two standard cards can be stored. Of course, if the connectors are provided in a plurality of stages, a plurality of IC cards can be stored.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference numeral 1 is a notebook computer, for example, an insertion port 2 into which an IC card is loaded is provided on the side surface of a notebook computer. A connector is provided in the insertion opening,
For details, a connector as shown in FIG. 2 is mounted.
In the figure, 3 is an IC card connector in which connectors 3a and 3b of the same shape are stacked in two stages.
A perspective view of two IC connectors is shown. The connector 3 is mounted inside the body of the notebook computer 1,
An opening 2 for inserting the IC card into the connector 3 is opened on the side surface of the body. The IC card connector 3 has an upper and lower boundary C near the fitting portion to prevent erroneous insertion of the card, but there is no boundary near the insertion slot 2. Further, a frame-shaped guide B for guiding the IC card is provided. An IC card inserted in the connector 3 is shown in FIG. Reference numeral 4 denotes a JEIDA standard IC card, and such a card has different shapes A on the left and right sides of the card to prevent erroneous insertion, and the guide B of the connector is shaped to accept it. When using the IC card 4, the IC card 4 is inserted into the notebook computer from the insertion slot 2 and finally fitted along the guide B of the connector 3. Even if you insert the top and bottom of the card incorrectly, you cannot insert it because the left and right shapes are different. However, in such an embodiment, a two-stage I
The C-card connector 3 has the same shape, and the back-to-back connectors can be inserted into either of the connectors. Therefore, a JEIDA standard card can be used by inserting it upside down. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the atypical IC card 5 can be used as a large IC card which cannot be realized in volume with one IC card. The atypical IC card 5 is the same as the JEIDA standard card at the upper and lower boundary portions D near the fitting portion with the connector, but at the portion E beyond the boundary the thickness is increased and the thickness of the two-tiered connector is increased. It has become. Since the length of the portion D is longer than the length of the edge of C from the fitting surface of the connector, the boundary of C does not become an obstacle when inserting the variant IC card 5.

The atypical IC card 5 and the connector 3 are fitted together at the lower portion F in this drawing, but use a space equivalent to two stages of the connector. Therefore, only one atypical IC card 5 can be used. However, it is possible to store a thick card made of thick parts that cannot be used with a JEIDA standard card inside the notebook computer. Atypical IC in this drawing
The card 5 is written so that there is a difference in shape between the upper and lower sides to prevent erroneous insertion, but G, G ', and the non-fitting side G may be omitted.

When setting a low-priced model on the notebook computer 1, the cost of the two-stage IC card connector 3 is disadvantageous, so it is desirable to use the ordinary one-stage IC card connector 6 to reduce the cost. Also in this case, there is no boundary near the fitting portion of the connector 6 so that the variant IC card 5 can be used, and a space is left above the connector 6. Since it is a one-stage IC card connector, only one JEIDA standard card 4 can be used, and when a JEIDA standard card is used, the space taken above the connector 6 is wasted. However, as with the higher grade
It becomes possible to use a C card.

[0008]

As described above, according to the present invention, by stacking a plurality of connectors, it is possible to receive the card of the deformation of the IC card, and the IC card application.
It is possible to expand the application.

[Brief description of drawings]

[Figure 1] External view of a notebook computer

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a connector.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a connector.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an IC card.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a variant IC card.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Notebook PC 2 IC card insertion slot 3 2-stage IC card connector 4 JEIDA standard IC card 5 Variant IC card 6 1-stage IC card connector

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An electronic device having a plurality of connectors for inserting a plurality of IC cards, wherein the plurality of connectors are used as one connector.