WO2006054692A1 - カード用コネクタ装置およびカード用アダプタ装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a card connector device to which a card having an information storage function is connected, and card loading of an electronic device having a contact portion pitch or the like different from that of the card with the card having the information storage function inserted Relates to a card adapter device loaded in the card
- a card insertion slot is provided in the front of a housing incorporating a plurality of terminal members, and the card insertion slot force is inserted into the housing at a predetermined mounting position.
- a plurality of external connection portions provided on the lower surface of the card are connected to the corresponding terminal members by pushing in (see, for example, JP-A-2002-367720).
- the housing is composed of a synthetic resin base member in which each terminal member is exposed on the inner bottom surface, and a metal top plate integrated so as to cover the open top end of the base member.
- an ultra-small card having an information storage function often has a very narrow contact pitch, and therefore cannot be directly loaded into a card loading section of a relatively large electronic device such as a personal computer.
- a card insertion slot is provided on the front surface of a housing incorporating a plurality of terminal members, and each terminal member is led out to the rear end of the housing to insert the card. It is also known that the loca can hold the card inserted into the housing and is configured so that the housing can be loaded into the card loading section of the electronic device (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-040131, No. 3). -See page 1, Fig. 1). In a conventional card adapter device that works, the card insertion card is inserted into the housing.
- a plurality of contact portions exposed on one side of the card come into contact with one end portion (elastic piece) of the corresponding terminal member. Further, when the housing is loaded into the card loading section, the other end of each terminal member comes into contact with a corresponding contact section on the electronic device side.
- one end of a plurality of terminal members built in the nosing and ousing is arranged at the same pitch as the contact portion on the card side, and the other end portion of the terminal member is arranged at the same pitch as the contact portion on the electronic device side. Therefore, by installing a card in this adapter device, it becomes possible to electrically connect a card having a different contact portion pitch and a card loading portion of an electronic device.
- the housing is arranged such that each terminal member is integrated! /, And an insert molded member is sandwiched between the insert molded members. It consists of a synthetic resin base member, which is a laminate, and a metal cover member attached to cover the base member, and the card goes between the cover member and the base plate of the base member. Inserted. Therefore, by restricting the inserted card in the vertical direction by the cover member and the bottom plate portion of the base member, the card can be smoothly inserted to a predetermined mounting position in the housing.
- the overall height of the card connector device is determined by the sum of the thickness of the top plate, the thickness of the card, and the thickness of the bottom plate of the base member. Therefore, after ensuring the mechanical strength of the housing, There were limits to further thinning
- the height of the housing which defines the overall size of the card adapter device in the above-described prior art, is obtained by adding the thickness of the cover member, the thickness of the card itself, and the thickness of the bottom plate of the base member.
- the thickness of the cover member is obtained by adding the thickness of the cover member, the thickness of the card itself, and the thickness of the bottom plate of the base member.
- the present invention has been made in view of the actual situation of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a card connector device and a card adapter device suitable for thinning.
- the card connector device of the present invention includes a housing into which a card having stepped portions formed on both side edges of the upper surface can be inserted, and the housing includes the stepped portion.
- An upper restricting portion that contacts the upper surface and restricts the upward movement of the card during insertion; and a lower restricting portion that contacts the lower surface of the card and restricts the downward movement of the card during insertion. It was set as the structure provided.
- the upward movement of the card at the time of insertion can be restricted by using the step portions formed on both side edges of the upper surface of the card.
- the overall height of the card connector device can be reduced to the extent that the thickness of the card itself and the thickness of the lower regulating portion are calculated.
- the thickness dimension of the upper restricting portion Is preferably set to be equal to or smaller than the depth of the stepped portion, that is, the upper surface of the upper restricting portion protrudes from the stepped portion! /.
- the stepped portion may be formed over the entire range of the front end force of the card and the rear end. However, the stepped portion is formed at the rear end of the card. This is a mis-insertion prevention part. When the card is inserted upside down, the mis-insertion prevention part comes into contact with the front end of the upper restricting part. This is preferable.
- the housing includes a synthetic resin base member with a plurality of terminal members exposed on the inner bottom surface, and a metal cover member integrated with the base member.
- the mold structure for molding the base member can be simplified.
- the force is applied to the left and right side walls of the housing.
- a guide portion for guiding insertion of the card is provided, and the upper restricting portion and the lower restricting portion can be integrally formed on the guide portion, and thus a metal cover member is not required.
- the number of parts can be omitted.
- At least one of the upper restricting portions is configured to be in contact with the side surface of the stepped portion so as to restrict the lateral movement of the card at the time of insertion. Then, the guide mechanism for guiding the card insertion can be simplified.
- the card adapter device of the present invention includes a card storage portion into which a card having stepped portions formed on both side edges of the upper surface can be inserted and mounted, and the card A plurality of terminal members electrically connected to the card, and abuts the upper surface in the stepped portion of the card to guide the card to the card storage portion, and to the upper side of the card at the time of insertion.
- An upper restricting portion that restricts the movement of the card and a lower restricting portion that abuts the lower surface of the card and restricts the downward movement of the card at the time of insertion are provided.
- the card adapter device configured as described above is configured so that the upper restricting portion provided for guiding the card to the card storage portion is engaged with the step portion of the card, thereby causing the card to move in the vertical direction. Since the movement can be restricted, even when the upper surface of the card existing in the card storage unit is exposed, that is, the upper surface of the inserted card is not covered! / Even in this case, the card can be inserted smoothly. Therefore, the height dimension that defines the size of the entire adapter device can be reduced to the extent that the thickness of the card itself and the thickness of the lower regulating portion are added.
- the thickness dimension of the upper restricting portion when the thickness dimension of the upper restricting portion is set to be substantially equal to the depth dimension of the stepped portion, the upper surface of the card mounted on the sleeve and the housing, and the upper surface of the housing Since the card adapter device can be effectively reduced in thickness, it is preferable.
- the step portion may be formed over the entire range from the front end to the rear end of the card. However, if the rear end of the card is formed with a step portion, it serves as an erroneous insertion prevention portion.
- the erroneous insertion preventing portion is configured to come into contact with the front end portion of the upper restricting portion because the erroneous insertion prevention of the card can be realized with a simple configuration.
- a housing for forming the card storage portion is provided.
- a guide portion is provided on the wing and extending along both side edges of the card storage portion to guide the card when inserted, and the upper restriction portion and the lower restriction portion are provided on the guide portion. If the structure is formed integrally, the guide portion can be formed by a molded product, so that the low cost of the card adapter device is facilitated.
- At least one of the upper restricting portions is configured to abut against the side surface of the stepped portion so as to restrict the lateral movement of the card during insertion. Then, the guide mechanism for guiding the card insertion can be simplified.
- the card connector device of the present invention uses the step portions formed on both side edges of the upper surface of the card to restrict the upward movement of the card upon insertion, the overall height dimension The thickness of the card itself and the thickness of the lower regulating portion can be reduced to the extent that they are added.
- the card adapter device of the present invention can regulate the vertical movement of the card at the time of insertion by engaging the upper regulating portion with the stepped portions formed on both side edges of the upper surface of the card. Therefore, even when the cover member is omitted and the upper surface of the card is not covered, the card insertion operation can be performed smoothly. Therefore, the height dimension can be reduced to the sum of the thickness of the card itself and the thickness of the lower regulating portion, and a card adapter device suitable for thickness reduction can be realized.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a card connector device that works on an embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the card connector device.
- 3 is a plan view of the card used in the card connector device
- FIG. 4 is a back view of the card
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line V—V in FIG. 3
- FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the card connector device viewed from one direction when the card is inserted
- FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the card connector device viewed from the other direction when the card is inserted.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a card connector device that works on an embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the card connector device.
- 3 is a plan view of the card used in the card connector device
- FIG. 4 is a back view of the card
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line V—V in FIG. 3
- FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a card adapter device that is effective in the embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 12 is a plan view of the card adapter device
- FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view of the card adapter device
- FIG. FIG. 15 is a side view of the card adapter device.
- FIG. 16 is a front view of the card adapter device
- FIG. 17 is a perspective view showing a state in which the card is inserted into the card adapter device
- FIG. 18 is an explanation of the operation of the card adapter device.
- the card connector device that is useful in the present embodiment includes a base member 2 made of synthetic resin in which a plurality of contacts (terminal members) 1 are disposed, A cover member 3 made of sheet metal integrated with the base member 2 is provided, and the base member 2 and the cover member 3 constitute a housing 4.
- the base member 2 is a molded product formed by inserting each contact 1 in a mold, and the base member 2 is formed with a card storage portion 6 for placing a card 5 described later. ing.
- This card storage section 6 is a space surrounded by the bottom plate 2a of the base member 2, the left and right side walls 2b, 2c, and the rear wall 2d.
- the front surface of the card storage section 6 is opened to form a card insertion slot 7.
- the upper surface of the card storage unit 6 is also open.
- a known card ejection mechanism 8 is disposed in the space on the side of the card storage unit 6 and is not shown in the drawing, but this card ejection mechanism 8 moves in the direction of inserting and ejecting the card 5. It consists of a possible slider, a spring member that urges the slider in the card ejection direction, and a heart cam mechanism that locks the slider in place.
- Each contact 1 is supported by the bottom plate 2a of the base member 2, and is arranged along a direction orthogonal to the card insertion direction.
- One end on the front side of each contact 1 is a terminal portion la to be soldered to a printed circuit board (not shown), and the other end on the back side of each contact 1 is a contact portion lb.
- These contact portions lb protrude slightly upward from the bottom plate 2 a of the base member 2 so that they can come into contact with the lower surface of the card 5 inserted into the card storage portion 6.
- the cover member 3 is formed by pressing a metal plate such as stainless steel, and is formed on the flat plate portion 3a in which the rectangular cutout 9 is formed, and on both the left and right sides and the rear end excluding the front end of the flat plate portion 3a.
- the cover member 3 has a card discharge mechanism by fixing the bent piece 3b to the left and right side walls 2b, 2c and the rear wall 2d of the base member 2 by appropriate means such as crimping. It is integrated with the base member 2 so as to cover 8 .
- the notch 9 of the cover member 3 is located above the card storage part 6, the upper surface of the card storage part 6 is covered only by the narrow part of the flat plate part 3a facing through the notch 9, and the card storage.
- top surface including the center of part 6, remains open.
- both sides of the upper surface of the card storage unit 6 The narrow portion of the flat plate portion 3a that covers the upper portion functions as an upper restricting portion, and the bottom plate 2a of the base member 2 exposed on the inner bottom surface of the card storage portion 6 functions as the lower restricting portion.
- 3A is attached, and 2A is attached to the lower regulating part.
- the width of the card slot 7 is set to w
- the distance between the upper side restricting parts 3A is set to wl (w> w 1).
- the distance between the facing parts 3A is set to t.
- the card 5 used in this card connector device has a rectangular shape in plan view, and stepped portions 5a are formed on the left and right side edges of the upper surface. There are a plurality of external connections 10. Both stepped portions 5a extend to the middle of the rear end of the front end force of the card 5, and the rear end of the card 5 is an erroneous insertion preventing portion 5b in which no stepped portion 5a is formed.
- the width dimension of the card 5 is W and the distance between the side surfaces of the two stepped portions 5a is W1 (W> W1)
- the width dimension W of the card 5 is the distance between the opposing upper side restricting portions 3A on the housing 4 side described above.
- the distance W1 between the two stepped portions 5a of the card 5 is set to be substantially the same as the distance wl between the facing portions 3A.
- the thickness of card 5 is T and the bottom surface force of card 5 is also the height dimension to the top surface of stepped portion 5a
- the thickness of card 5 is between the opposing sides of the upper and lower restricting portions 2A and 3A on the housing 4 side.
- the height dimension T1 up to the stepped portion 5a is set to be substantially the same as the distance t between the upper and lower restricting portions 2A and 3A.
- the thickness dimension of the flat plate portion 3a of the cover member 3 that functions as the upper restricting portion 3A is set to be smaller than the depth dimension (T-T1) of the stepped portion 5a formed on both side edges of the upper surface of the card 5. . Therefore, when the card 5 is inserted from the card slot 7, the upper surface of the stepped portion 5a abuts on the upper restricting portion 3A so that the upward movement is restricted and the lower surface of the card 5 is on the lower side. The downward movement is also restricted by abutting against the restricting portion 2A, so that the card 5 can be smoothly inserted into the mounting position in the card storage portion 6, and each external connection portion 10 on the lower surface of the card 5 is inserted at this position. Connected to each corresponding contact 1.
- the unillustrated slider of the card ejection mechanism 8 is locked at the locked position in accordance with the insertion operation of the powerful card 5, the connection state between the contact 1 and the external connection portion 10 is maintained. By pushing the card 5 in a small amount in this state, the card 5 can be moved in the ejection direction by the unlocked slider.
- the housing 4 into which the card 5 having the stepped portions 5a on both side edges of the upper surface can be inserted can be connected to the external connection portion 10 on the lower surface of the card 5.
- the base member 2 made of synthetic resin for supporting the contact 1 and the cover member 3 made of sheet metal integrated with the base member 2 are in contact with the upper surface of the step portion 5a.
- the upper restricting portion 3A that restricts the upward movement of the card 5 during insertion is formed, and the lower part that restricts the downward movement of the card 5 during insertion by contacting the base member 2 with the lower surface of the card 5 Since the side restricting portion 2A is formed, the overall height of the card connector device is reduced to the sum of the thickness of the lower restricting portion 2A (the thickness of the bottom plate 2a of the base member 2) and the thickness T of the card 5. be able to. That is, since the stepped portion 5a formed on both side edges of the upper surface of the card is used to restrict the upward movement of the card 5 when inserted, the flat plate portion 3a of the cover member 3 which is the upper restricting portion 3A. Can be disposed below the upper surface of the card 5 at the time of insertion, and the card connector device can be significantly reduced in thickness.
- the rear end of the card 5 is formed with the stepped portion 5a, it becomes the erroneous insertion preventing portion 5b, so that the card 5 is inserted into the card insertion slot 7 with the front and back reversed.
- the erroneous insertion preventing portion 5b abuts against the front end portion of the upper restricting portion 3A to prevent the card 5 from being inserted, the erroneous insertion prevention of the card 5 can be realized with a simple configuration.
- the front surface of the card other than the stepped portion 5a should abut the front end of the upper restricting portion 3A.
- the housing 4 is constituted by the base member 2 made of synthetic resin and the cover member 3 made of sheet metal, as shown in FIG. 10, the housing 11 made of synthetic resin. It is possible to have both the base member and cover member functions, and the upper and lower sides of the guide groove 11a for insertion of the card 5 integrally formed on the left and right side walls of the housing 11 can be used as the upper and lower restricting portions, respectively. It is.
- the card adapter device shown in FIG. 11 and FIG. 12 has a card 5 having an information storage function, and is a card of an electronic device (not shown) having a contact point pitch different from that of the card 5. It is to be loaded into the loading section.
- This card adapter device is held by a synthetic resin housing 4 having a card storage portion 6 opened upward, a plurality of contacts 1 fixed to the housing 4, and a reciprocating movement in the housing 4.
- the card 5 is inserted into the card storage part 6 of the housing 4 so that it can be mounted.
- the housing 4 includes a base member 2 in which a concave step 2e is formed, an intermediate plate member 16 in which each contact 1 is formed, and a cover member 3 in which a notch 9 is formed.
- the lower force is also laminated in order.
- the card storage portion 6 of the housing 4 is defined by making the concave step portion 2e of the base member 2 and the cutout 9 of the cover member 3 face each other.
- the side to be inserted is an open end.
- the bottom plate portion of the concave step portion 2e of the base member 2 functions as a lower side restricting portion 2A that restricts the downward movement of the card 5 during insertion.
- An opening 2f serving as a clearance space for the contact portion lb formed at the front end portion of the contact 1 is provided.
- the intermediate plate member 16 is a molded product formed by inserting a plurality of contacts 1 and a pair of presser springs 15 into a mold.
- the intermediate plate member 16 is placed on the base member 2 between the concave step portion 2e and the long hole 2g.
- the contact portion lb of each contact 1 protrudes from the intermediate plate member 16 to the opening 2f, and
- the terminal portion la protrudes from the middle plate member 16 onto the long hole 2g.
- a gap 12 is defined between the middle plate member 16 and the cover member 3 on the back side of the card storage portion 6, and the middle plate member 16 excluding the region below the gap 12.
- the peripheral edge is sandwiched between the base member 2 and the cover member 3.
- the intermediate plate member 16 has a base end portion of a pair of presser springs 15 that also provide a leaf spring force, and each presser spring 15 protrudes greatly from the vicinity of each engaging projection 16a to the card storage portion. 6 on both side edges.
- each contact portion lb on the front end side of each contact 1 is arranged at a narrower pitch than the terminal portion la on the rear end side. That is, each contact portion lb is arranged at the same pitch as the external connection portion 10b (see FIG. 4) provided on the card 5, and each terminal portion la is arranged at the same pitch as the corresponding contact portion on the electronic device side. Has been.
- the cover member 3 is placed and fixed on the base member 2 with the intermediate plate member 16 sandwiched in a predetermined position, and the notch 9 is disposed directly above the concave step portion 2e. Since this notch 9 is formed slightly narrower than the concave step 2e except for the vicinity of the open end, the portion of the intermediate plate member 16 that extends linearly along both side edges of the notch 9 is It protrudes slightly above the recessed step portion 2e, and this protruding portion functions as an upper restricting portion 3A that restricts the upward movement of the card 5 when inserted.
- the shatter member 13 is mounted on the base member 2 across the concave step 2e in the width direction. As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, when the card 5 is not attached, the shatter member 13 It is arranged in the closed position that covers the contact part lb of each contact 1 at the back of the card storage part 6. The shirter member 13 is held so as to be able to reciprocate between the inner part of the card storage part 6 and the gap 12 communicating with the inner part by restricting the position of the cover member 3, and the card 5 is stored in the card storage part 6. As the sheet member 13 is inserted into the card 5, the shirt member 13 is pushed into the card 5 and moved to the back side.
- the shirter member 13 When the card 5 is inserted to a predetermined mounting position, the shirter member 13 is arranged in the open position while also retracting the force on the contact portion lb of each contact 1.
- Engaging projections 13a for holding the front end portion of the return spring 14 project from the left and right end portions of the shirter member 13 toward the back side. Since the pair of return springs 14 whose both end portions are held by the engaging projections 13a and 16a are interposed between the shirter member 13 and the intermediate plate member 16 in a compressed state, the shutter member 13 The return spring 14 is constantly biased toward the closed position.
- the card 5 used in this card adapter device has a rectangular shape in plan view, and stepped portions 5a are formed on the left and right side edges of the top surface, and the bottom surface There are a plurality of external connection portions 10b.
- Each step portion 5a extends to the middle of the rear end of the card 5, and the rear end of the card 5 is an erroneous insertion preventing portion 5b in which the step portion 5a is not formed.
- the upper width dimension W1 of this card 5 is slightly smaller than the lower width dimension W because of the stepped portion 5a.
- W1 is set to be approximately the same as the width dimension excluding the vicinity of the open end of the notch 9. It is set to a value slightly smaller than the width of part 2e.
- the thickness of the wide portion having the width dimension W is set to be approximately equal to the distance between the lower restricting portion 2A and the upper restricting portion 3A, and the depth dimension (width) of the step portion 5a is set.
- the thickness of the narrow part with the dimension W1) is set to be approximately equal to the thickness of the upper restricting part 3A. Therefore, when the card 5 is inserted into the card storage portion 6 of the housing 4, the upward movement of the card 5 is restricted by the upper surface of the step portion 5a coming into contact with the upper restriction portion 3A. The lower surface of the card 5 is in contact with the lower restricting portion 2A, so that the downward movement is restricted, and the lateral movement of the card 5 is restricted by the upper restricting portion 3A.
- the card 5 can be smoothly inserted to the predetermined mounting position in the card storage section 6, and each external connection section 10b of the card 5 is inserted into the contact section lb of each corresponding contact 1 at the position.
- the depth dimension of the stepped portion 5a is set to be substantially equal to the thickness of the upper restricting portion 3A, the upper surface of the card 5 mounted on the nozzle 4 and the upper surface of the housing 4 (of the cover member 3) The upper surface is almost the same surface.
- each external connection part 10b contacts the contact part lb of each corresponding contact 1.
- the contact portion lb can be brought into contact with the corresponding external connection portion 10b with sufficient contact pressure, and the card 5 and each contact 1 Can be securely connected. Therefore, if this card adapter device is attached to a card loading portion of an electronic device (not shown) and each terminal portion la is brought into contact with a corresponding contact portion on the electronic device side, the card 5 and the electronic device Can be electrically connected.
- the card 5 inserted into the card holder 6 is held in a state where the card 5 mounted on the housing 4 is sandwiched between the presser springs 15 because the tip of the presser spring 15 comes into contact with the card 5 inserted into the card storage 6. .
- the shirter member 13 is urged by the pair of return springs 14 and pushed back to the closed position, so that the contact portion lb of each contact 1 is connected to the shirter member.
- the original state covered with 13 can be automatically restored.
- the upper restricting portion 3A of the housing 4 and the lower restricting portion 3A are formed by using the step portions 5a formed on both side edges of the upper surface of the card 5. Since the side control part 2A can restrict the vertical movement of the card 5 when inserted, even if the upper surface of the card 5 existing in the card storage part 6 is exposed, that is, Even when the housing 4 force is omitted so that the upper surface of the card 5 is not covered by the cover member, the card insertion operation can be performed smoothly. So for this card The adapter device can reduce the height of the housing 4 that defines the overall size to the sum of the thickness of the card 5 itself and the thickness of the lower regulating part 2A, facilitating the promotion of thinning. It is.
- the contact portion lb of each contact 1 can be protected by covering with the shirter member 13 in the closed position, so that the vicinity of the contact portion lb There is no possibility of foreign matter accumulating on the contact 1 and the elastic deformation failure and contact failure of the contact 1 can be avoided.
- the rear end of the card 5 is formed with a stepped portion 5a, it becomes the erroneous insertion preventing portion 5b, so insert the card 5 into the la in the card storage portion with the front and back reversed. Even so, the erroneous insertion preventing portion 5b abuts against the front end portion of the upper restricting portion 3A and insertion of the card 5 is prevented.
- insertion of the card 5 is prevented because the portion other than the step portion 5a comes into contact with the front end portion of the upper restriction portion 3A. . Therefore, it is possible to prevent erroneous insertion of the card 5 with a simple configuration.
- the upper restricting portion 3A and the lower restricting portion are provided in the guide portion that extends along both side edges of the card storage portion 6 and guides the card 5 at the time of insertion. Since the portion 2A is formed in a single body and the guide portion can be formed by a molded product, low cost is easy.
- the lateral movement of the force mode 5 at the time of insertion can be regulated by the left and right upper regulating portions 3A, so that the guide mechanism that guides the insertion of the card 5 Has been simplified. It is also possible to restrict the lateral movement of the card 5 at the time of insertion by using the side wall of the concave step 2e. In this case, at least one upper restricting portion 3A is used as the step portion of the card 5. If the side of 5a can be regulated,
- the present invention relates to a card connector device to which a card having an information storage function is connected, and card loading of an electronic device having a contact portion pitch or the like different from that of the card with the card having the information storage function inserted It is useful as a card adapter device to be loaded in the unit.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a card connector device that works on an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the card connector device.
- FIG. 3 is a plan view of a card used in the card connector device.
- FIG. 4 is a back view of the card.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line V—V in FIG.
- FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the card connector device showing a card insertion start state.
- FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the card connector device viewed from one direction when the card is inserted.
- FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the card connector device viewed from the other direction when the card is inserted.
- FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the card connector device showing an erroneous insertion state of the card.
- FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing a modified example of the housing.
- FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a card adapter device that works on an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is a plan view of the card adapter device.
- FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view of the card adapter device.
- FIG. 14 is a side view of the card adapter device.
- FIG. 15 is a bottom view of the card adapter device.
- FIG. 16 is a front view of the card adapter device.
- FIG. 17 is a perspective view showing a state in which the card is inserted into the card adapter device.
- FIG. 18 is an operation explanatory view of the card adapter device.
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