JPH09293551A - Memory card mounting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a memory card mounting device, capable of preventing a connecting part, in a condition where a memory card is not mounted, from the infiltration of dusts by simple constitution. SOLUTION: This device is equipped with a memory card mounting part 1a: having a connector part 3, a memory card mounting part opening/closing lid 4: and an elastically deformable plate spring 6: mounted on the lid 4, and interposed, between a memory card 12 and the lid 4, when covering the connector part 3 when in a condition where the memory card 12 is not mounted, also the lid 4 is closed. When the mounted memory card 12 is extracted from the connector part 3 to close the lid 4, the plate spring 6 becomes into a condition for covering the connector part 3, to prevent the accumulation of dusts on the connector part 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a memory card mounting device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, various electronic devices using a removable memory card having a built-in solid-state memory as an information storage unit have been marketed and used by general users. This kind of electronic device is provided with a multi-contact connector section to which a connector on the memory card side is mounted. A gold contact or the like is applied to the contact. When the connector part of the memory card is inserted into this contact connector part, electrical connection is made and information can be exchanged between the memory card and the electronic device.

[0003]

However, the above electronic device is not always in a state in which the memory card is attached, and in some cases, the electronic device is used in a state in which the memory card is removed, or It may be stored. In the electronic device, even if the outer cover for protecting the mounted memory card is attached, the protective cover for directly protecting the contact connector portion is not provided.

Therefore, if the memory card is removed for a long period of time, dust may adhere to the contact portion of the electronic device side connector. When a memory card is reattached to the connector portion, if dust is attached to one of the many contacts and contact failure occurs, it becomes impossible to exchange information with the memory card.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to protect a connector portion in which a memory card is not mounted from the intrusion of dust with a simple structure. The purpose is to provide a device.

[0006]

A first memory card mounting device of the present invention is provided with a memory card mounting portion having a connector portion, a memory card mounting portion opening / closing lid, and the opening / closing lid. An elastic member interposed between the memory card and the opening / closing lid when mounted, and covering the connector portion when the opening / closing lid is closed and the memory card is not mounted. . In the first memory card loading device,
When the mounted memory card is pulled out from the connector portion and the opening / closing lid is closed, the elastic member covers the connector portion.

[0007] A second memory card loading device of the present invention is a
In the first memory card mounting device, the elastic member presses the connector portion by elastically deforming when covering the connector portion. In the second memory card loading apparatus, when the loaded memory card is pulled out from the connector section and removed to close the opening / closing lid, the elastic member is elastically deformed to cover the connector section. .

[0008] A third memory card mounting device of the present invention comprises:
In the first or second memory card mounting device,
The elastic member has a function of separating the memory card from the opening / closing lid when the opening / closing lid is opened. In the third memory card loading device, when the opening / closing lid is opened when the memory card is to be taken out, the elastic member presses the memory card to separate it from the opening / closing lid to a position where it can be easily taken out.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an electronic device 10 in which a memory card mounting device according to an embodiment of the present invention is incorporated and a memory card 12 to be mounted. The device body 1 of the electronic device 10 is provided with a memory card mounting portion 1a, and a connector portion made of elastically deformable zebra rubber or the like having conductivity in a predetermined direction (mainly in the vertical direction). 3 are provided. The mounting portion 1a is
It can be opened and closed by a memory card mounting portion opening / closing lid 4 which is rotatably supported by a support shaft 5.

A leaf spring 6 which is an elastic member is attached to the opening / closing lid 4 on the side of the mounting portion 1a. The leaf spring 6
Is formed of an elastically deformable T-shaped thin plate as shown in the perspective view of FIG.
A cover portion 6a capable of covering the contact surface 3a that comes into contact with
And is attached to the opening / closing lid 4 via a mounting hole 6b.

Next, the operation of inserting and removing the memory card 12 in and from the electronic device 10 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG.
3 to 5 will be described with reference to sectional views of the memory card inserted and removed. The exterior body 11 of the device is omitted in FIGS. 3 to 5. The memory card 12 is inserted into the electronic device 10 from the direction shown in FIG. 1 with the opening / closing lid 4 opened. Then, when the front end portion 12b of the memory card 12 is inserted into the device main body insertion portion 1b and the opening / closing lid 4 is completely closed, as shown in the sectional view of the memory card mounted state of FIG. The main body side connector portion 3 and the memory card side connector portion 12c are brought into contact with each other at a fixed position so that the end portion 12b is supported by the main body insertion portion 1b and the opposite end portion thereof is pressed downward by the opening / closing lid pressing portion 4a. Connected. The open / close lid 4 is maintained in the closed state by a claw or the like in the state of FIG. Further, the leaf spring 6 is interposed in the gap between the opening / closing lid 4 and the memory card 12, and maintains the elastically deformed state.

The main body side connector section 3 is always kept in electrical contact with the printed circuit board 2, and the electronic code 10 is set when the memory code is in the attached state.
Can take in the data of the memory card 12.

When the memory card 12 is to be removed from the equipment-side mounting portion 1a, as shown in FIG. 4, the opening / closing lid 4 is first opened and the memory card 12 is removed. At this time, the memory card 12 is pushed downward by the cover plate 6,
Since it is separated from the opening / closing lid 4, the memory card 12 can be easily removed.

After removing the memory card 12 and closing the opening / closing lid 4, as shown in FIG. 5, the cover portion 6 of the leaf spring 6 is removed.
a is in contact with the contact surface 3a of the device body side connector portion 3 and is in a state of being covered. At this time, the leaf spring 6 is elastically deformed, and the cover portion 6a is applied with a predetermined urging force.
Therefore, a gap between the connector contact surface 3a and the leaf spring cover portion 6a is unlikely to occur. Further, since the leaf spring 6 is T-shaped as described above, the connector contact surface 3a
Even if the accuracy of the parallelism between
The gap is reduced as much as possible along the line a and the connector contact surface 3a.

Therefore, even if the electronic device 10 is stored for a long time in this state or is used for a long time without the memory card 12 being attached, the connector contact surface 3 is used.
No dust will be deposited on a. Then, the electronic device 10 can be operated in a normal state by opening the open lid 4 again and mounting the memory card 12.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a leaf spring 16 which is a modification of the leaf spring 6 shown in FIG. Leaf spring 1 of this modification
Reference numeral 6 denotes a cover portion 16a which has a U-shape and is attached to the opening / closing lid 4 through a mounting hole 16b provided at an end thereof and can cover the contact surface 3a of the device body side connector portion 3. Have When the leaf spring 16 of this modified example also closes the opening / closing lid 4 with the memory card 12 removed,
The cover portion 16a is elastically deformed so that the cover portion 16a contacts the contact surface 3a of the connector 3.
Will be completely covered.

As described above, according to the electronic device to which the memory card mounting apparatus of this embodiment and the apparatus of the modification thereof are applied, it is only necessary to close the opening / closing lid 4 with the memory card 12 removed. The connector part 3 on the device body side can be protected from the intrusion of dust, and the operation of protecting the contact surface of another connector part is not required.

[0018]

As described above, in the memory card loading device according to the first aspect of the present invention, when the memory card is not loaded and the opening / closing lid is closed, the elastic member for covering the connector is opened / closed. By providing the lid, it is possible to protect the connector portion from intrusion of dust.

A memory card mounting apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention is the memory card mounting apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the elastic member is elastically deformed in a state of covering the connector portion and covers the contact surface of the connector portion. be able to.

A memory card mounting apparatus according to a third aspect of the present invention is the memory card mounting apparatus according to the first or second aspect, wherein when the opening / closing lid is opened to remove the memory card, the memory is provided by an elastic member. Since the card can be separated from the open lid, the memory card can be easily removed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an electronic device in which a memory card mounting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is incorporated and a memory card mounted therein.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a leaf spring applied to the memory card loading device of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the memory card is inserted and the opening / closing lid is closed in the memory card mounting device of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the opening / closing lid is opened to remove the memory card in the memory card mounting device of FIG.

5 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the opening / closing lid is closed with the memory card removed in the memory card mounting device of FIG.

6 is a perspective view of a modified example of a leaf spring applied to the memory card mounting device of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1a ...... Memory card mounting part of main body (memory card mounting part) 3 ...... Connector part 4 ...... Memory card mounting part opening / closing lid 6 ...... Leaf spring (elastic member) 12 ...... Memory card

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A memory card mounting portion having a connector portion, a memory card mounting portion opening / closing lid, and the opening / closing lid, which is interposed between the memory card and the opening / closing lid when the memory card is mounted. A memory card mounting device comprising: an elastic member that covers the connector portion when the memory card is not mounted and the opening / closing lid is closed. 2. The memory card mounting device according to claim 1, wherein the elastic member presses the connector portion by elastically deforming when covering the connector portion. 3. The elastic member has a function of separating the memory card from the opening / closing lid when the opening / closing lid is opened, or
The memory card mounting device according to claim 2.