JPS62261494A - Housing for information record medium - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a card-shaped information recording medium (for example, an IC card).
It is related to a storage body for.

(Prior Art) With the development of the information society and advances in electronic technology in recent years, card-shaped information recording media such as IC cards have come to be used frequently when conducting various commercial transactions such as financial transactions. ing.

Such a card-shaped information recording medium 30 usually has an information recording section formed as an integrated circuit (IC) built into the card-shaped base 20 as shown in FIG. In many cases, a contact portion 21 consisting of a large number of contacts arranged in a row is provided in an exposed position at one end of the base 20 in order to electrically connect the device to an external device.

In such an information recording medium 30, in order to prevent damage to the exposed contact portion 21, the information recording medium 30 is placed in a storage body 22 having an internal storage space 23, as shown in FIG. The information recording medium 30 is stored or carried, and the information recording medium 30 is taken out from the storage body 22 as necessary for use in commercial transactions.

However, the conventional storage body 22 described above has the main purpose of simply preventing damage to the contacts 21 or the base 20 itself, and if the information recording medium 30 is left in a charged space or comes into contact with a charged human body, textiles, etc. As a result, it is impossible to prevent static electricity from being generated in the contact portion 21.

The voltage of static electricity generated in such a contact portion 21 is, for example, 5
KV is known to reach the level of KV, and therefore has a non-negligible effect on the information recording medium 30, causing destruction of the semiconductor elements constituting the information recording section.
Some kind of countermeasures are required.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, in conventional storage bodies, there is a problem in that static electricity cannot be prevented from being generated at the contacts of the information recording medium.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an information recording medium storage body that can prevent static electricity from being generated at the contact portions of the information recording medium and improve safety.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention houses an integrated information recording section and includes a contact section for electrically connecting the information recording section to an external device. An electrically conductive storage body capable of storing a card-shaped information recording medium in an exposed arrangement, the electrically conductive hair-like body group being in contact with the contact portions on a wall surface of the storage body in which the contact portions of the information recording medium are stored. It is constructed by providing

(Function) When an information recording medium having an exposed contact portion and a display portion showing recorded contents is stored in the information recording medium storage body having the above configuration, the contact portion of this information recording medium is stored. Since it comes into contact with a group of conductive hairs provided on the body wall surface, and the storage body itself is also conductive, the contact portion is short-circuited, thereby preventing static electricity from being generated at the contact portion.

(Example) An example of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. In the following description, it is assumed that the information recording medium 30 has the same configuration as that shown in FIG. 7 described above.

The storage body 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is formed into a rectangular parallelepiped shape as a whole using a conductive material such as a light metal alloy, and is also a rectangular parallelepiped in which an information recording medium 30 can be stored. It has a storage space 2 of the shape.

That is, this storage body 1 has a rectangular upper wall portion 3a,
The lower wall surface portion 3b and both wall surface portions 3a.

Both side wall portions 3G, 3 connect both side edges of 3b with an interval slightly larger than the thickness of the information recording medium 30, respectively.
d and each of these wall portions 3a, 3b.

A storage space 2 is formed by the rear wall portion 3e that closes the rear end surfaces of the storage body 1, and the information recording medium 30 is inserted into the storage space 2 from the front end surface 4 by closing the front end surface 4 of the storage body 1. It is configured to be inserted and stored at any time.

On the storage space 2 side walls of the upper and lower wall portions 3a and 3b, these front end surfaces 4 and rear/mold surface portions 3 are provided.
stainless steel located on the e side and facing the storage space 2 side.

A group of conductive hair-like bodies 5 made of a material such as carbone is densely implanted on the west side.

A portion of the both side wall surfaces 3G and 3d, for example, the front end surface 4
Operation notches 7a and 7b are provided in the vicinity of the information recording medium 30, and have notches large enough to fit the fingers of the owner of the information recording medium 30.

In addition, square-shaped compound holes are formed in the center portions of both the upper and lower wall portions 3a and 3b, and each compound hole is made of, for example, a synthetic resin material and is made of a material that is transparent to light (for example, transparent). A light-transmitting member 6a having:

6b is fitted. This double-light transparent member 6a.

6b are both the upper and lower wall portions 3a.

3b, and has a size that allows the entire display section 20a of the information recording medium 30 to be visually recognized from the outside.

Next, the operation of the storage body 1 having the above structure will be explained with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5.

When storing the information recording medium 30 in this storage body 1,
As shown in FIG. 3, for example, the information recording medium 30 is inserted into the storage space 2 with the contact portion 21 facing the front end surface 4 side of the storage body 1 and the display portion 20a facing upward. As shown in the figure, the information recording medium 30 is completely stored in the storage space 2.

In this state, as shown in FIG. 5, the contact portion 21 of the information recording medium 30 is located near the rear wall portion 3e, and
The conductive hair-like body group 5 provided on the upper wall surface portion 3 a comes into contact with this contact portion 21 . Therefore, a large number of contacts of the contact portion 21 are short-circuited, thereby preventing static electricity from being generated in the contact portion 21.

Further, in this state, the display section 20a is visible from the outside through the light-transmitting member 6a provided on the upper wall surface section 3a, so that the recorded contents of the information recording medium 30 can be easily determined while it is stored in the storage body 1.

After storing the information recording medium 30 in the storage body 1 in this manner, when taking out the information recording medium 30, the information recording medium 30 is exposed through the operating notches 7a and 7b provided in the storage body 1 as shown in FIG. All you have to do is push both sides of the information recording medium 30 toward the front end surface 4 side with your fingers. As a result, the insertion rear end side of the information recording medium 30 is exposed to the outside of the front end surface 4, so that the information recording medium 30 can be easily taken out from the storage body 1.

Although not shown, even when the information recording medium 30 is housed in the storage body 1 with the display section 20a facing the lower wall section 3b, the contact section 21 can be connected to the conductive bristles provided on the lower wall section 3b. Since it comes into contact with the group of shaped bodies 5, generation of static electricity can be prevented as in the case described above.

Further, even if the information recording medium 30 is stored in the storage body 1 with the contact portion 21 located on the front end surface 4 side, contrary to the case shown in FIG.
Or, regardless of which side of the lower wall surface portion 3b it faces, the same actions and effects as in the case described above can be exhibited.

It goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and that various modifications can be made within the scope of the invention.

For example, the present invention can be applied not only to card-shaped information recording media but also to various PC boards and IC boards in which a large number of contacts are arranged in rows.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention described in detail above, it is possible to provide an information recording medium storage body that can eliminate the influence of static electricity on the contact portion of the information recording medium and improve the safety of the contact portion. .

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line II in FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the information recording medium stored in the storage body, FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line ■-■ in FIG. 4, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a recording medium is inserted. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Storage body, 5... Conductive hair-like body group, 21...
Contact portion, 30... information recording medium.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A conductive storage body that can house an information recording medium that houses an integrated information recording section and has an exposed contact section for electrically connecting the information recording section to an external device. A storage body for an information recording medium, characterized in that a group of conductive hair-like bodies abutting the contact portion is provided on a wall of the storage body in which the contact portion of the information recording medium is stored. (2) The information recording medium storage body according to claim 1, wherein the information recording medium is an IC card.