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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176230 | Wireless flash memory card expansion system A Flash memory card system is disclosed. The Flash memory card system comprises a Flash memory wireless host adapter and a Flash memory bus wireless device. The Flash memory wireless host adapter comprises a Flash memory card connector and a Flash memory controller ... | 05/08/2012 |
| D653670 | Housing for a portable memory device | 02/07/2012 |
| 8097957 | Flash memory card A Flash memory card is disclosed comprising a substrate, a Flash memory die on top of the substrate, a controller die on top of the Flash memory die, and an interposer coupled to with the controller die and on top of the Flash memory die wherein the interposer resul... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8071895 | Waterproof USB drives and method of making A data storage device and methods of manufacture are provided which tend to protect the device against moisture and shock. The device includes a circuit board, a coating, a housing, and preferably a sealant. The circuit board is in electrical communication with an e... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8062067 | USB connector A USB connector including a metal shield for holding at least a portion of a printed circuit board having a plurality of connector contacts on a top side of the at least a portion of the printed circuit board, the metal shield including prongs which are attachable t... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8040749 | Flash memory controller utilizing multiple voltages and a method of use A Flash memory controller is disclosed. The Flash memory controller comprises a host interface, a Flash memory interface, controller logic coupled between the host interface, the controller logic handling a plurality of voltages. The controller also includes a mecha... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8010768 | Secure and scalable solid state disk system A solid state disk system is disclosed. The system comprises a user token and at least one level secure virtual storage controller, coupled to the host system. The system includes a plurality of virtual storage devices coupled to at least one secure virtual storage ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7989268 | Small form factor molded memory card and a method thereof A shape-molding structure of a memory card comprises a circuit substrate, at least one chip, and an encapsulant covering. The upper and lower surfaces of the circuit substrate have a circuit layer and a plurality of electric contacts, respectively. The chip is locat... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7980867 | Portable computer universal serial bus device with an extendable connector secured by multiple locking mechanisms An apparatus for use within an electrical devices is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a casing having an upper body and a lower body, the casing including a tab disposed on a surface thereof and an adjustable base having a plurality of tab cavities adjacent to the... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7864615 | Flash memory controller utilizing multiple voltages and a method of use A Flash memory controller includes a host interface, a Flash memory interface, controller logic coupled between the host interface, the controller logic handling a plurality of voltages. The controller also includes a mechanism for allowing a multiple voltage host t... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7862377 | USB connector and method of manufacture A special USB connector which can accommodate PCBA with discrete components soldered on the frontal portion of PCBA is disclosed. The components can be positioned inside the USB connector. A carrier is utilized for PCBA support within a special USB connector used fo... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7832645 | Flash memory card expander Method and system for expanding the memory capacity of devices that use flash memory cards. In one aspect, a memory card expander assembly includes an adaptor shaped to be connected to a memory card slot of a host device, and a receptacle assembly in communication w... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7811101 | Retractable memory drive A retractable memory drive in accordance with the present invention comprises a top casing, a middle carrier, an electronic device such as a USB thumb drive, and a bottom casing. There are guide rails that allow the middle carrier to remain in an appropriate positio... | 10/12/2010 |
| D624923 | Housing for a portable memory device | 10/05/2010 |
| 7781873 | Encapsulated leadframe semiconductor package for random access memory integrated circuits A thin, small outline IC leadframe plastic package to be used to assemble high performance, high speed semiconductor memory IC devices such as dynamic random access memories (DRAM) having a high data transfer rate in the range of 1 GigaHertz. The package leadframe i... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7781299 | Leadframe semiconductor package stand and method for making the same A method is disclosed for making a leadframe package stand having application in semiconductor packaging and microelectronic assembly in which an IC device (e.g., a bare chip IC, a wafer level package, or a chipscale package) is received for electrical connection to... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7760574 | Flash memory controller utilizing multiple voltages and a method of use A Flash memory controller is disclosed. The Flash memory controller comprises a host interface, a Flash memory interface, controller logic coupled between the host interface the controller logic handling a plurality of voltages. The controller also includes a mechan... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7757847 | Credit-card-sized carrier of both standard and micro form-factor flash-memory cards A multi-standard flash-memory-card carrier is about the same size as a thick credit card and fits into a wallet. The multi-standard flash-memory-card carrier has bays that accept flash-memory cards. Larger bays on one side receive SD cards and a Memory Stick Duo car... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7757037 | Configurable flash memory controller and method of use A FLASH memory controller is disclosed. The controller comprises a microcontroller. The microcontroller including firmware for providing different mappings for different types of FLASH memory chips. The controller also includes FLASH control logic for communicating ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7740492 | Portable computer universal serial bus device with an extendable connector secured by multiple locking mechanisms An apparatus for use within an electrical devices is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a casing having an upper body and a lower body, the casing including a tab disposed on a surface thereof and an adjustable base having a plurality of tab cavities adjacent to the... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7663939 | Voltage stabilizer memory module A memory module is disclosed. The memory module comprises a voltage supply; a memory interface coupled to the voltage supply; a plurality of memory components; and a voltage stabilizer converter (VSC) coupled to the memory interface and to the plurality of memory co... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7663214 | High-capacity memory card and method of making the same A memory card assembly with a simplified structure. The memory card assembly has a memory card assembly a printed wiring board substrate and at least one integrated circuit unit mounted and electrically connected to the printed wiring board substrate. A rigid ring i... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7661967 | Retractable memory drive A retractable memory drive in accordance with the present invention comprises a top casing, a middle carrier, an electronic device such as a USB thumb drive, and a bottom casing. A positioning device on the middle carrier has a portion that protrudes outside the cas... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7659610 | Flash memory card A Flash memory card is disclosed comprising a substrate, a Flash memory die on top of the substrate, a controller die on top of the Flash memory die, and an interposer coupled to with the controller die and on top of the Flash memory die wherein the interposer resul... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7652892 | Waterproof USB drives and method of making A data storage device and methods of manufacture are provided which tend to protect the device against moisture and shock. The device includes a circuit board, a coating, a housing, and preferably a sealant. The circuit board is in electrical communication with an e... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7623354 | Folding USB drive Provided is a memory device comprising a circuit assembly including a flexible substrate and at least one flash memory chip mounted thereupon. The flexible substrate has upper and lower surfaces and a flash memory chip is preferably mounted on at least one the upper... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7608469 | Method of fabricating a chip A method of fabricating a chip may include the step of providing a first electrical part. The method may also include the step of forming a shell with the first electrical part embedded in a first side portion of the shell and a cavity in a second side portion of th... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7601563 | Small form factor molded memory card and a method thereof A shape-molding structure of a memory card comprises a circuit substrate, at least one chip, and an encapsulant covering. The upper and lower surfaces of the circuit substrate have a circuit layer and a plurality of electric contacts, respectively. The chip is locat... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7564359 | Memory module and card with integrated RFID tag A dual in-line memory module (DIMM) and a digital flash card are disclosed including an internal, built-in RFID tag in which identification and product information is contained. The RFID tag has an RF integrated circuit chip and antenna traces spreading outwardly th... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7467290 | Method and system for providing a modular server on USB flash storage A method and system for providing a modular server-on-a-USB-flash-storage is disclosed. The server-on-a-USB-flash-storage is installed on a computing device. The method and system include providing USB interface logic, USB Local Control Program, a flash memory and a... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7422454 | Retractable memory drive A retractable memory drive in accordance with the present invention comprises a top casing, a middle carrier, an electronic device such as a USB thumb drive, and a bottom casing. A positioning device on the middle carrier has a portion that protrudes outside the cas... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7411293 | Flash memory card A Flash memory card is disclosed comprising a substrate, a Flash memory die on top of the substrate, a controller die on top of the Flash memory die, and an interposer coupled to with the controller die and on top of the Flash memory die wherein the interposer resul... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7411292 | Flash memory card A memory card comprising a substrate, a memory die on top of the memory die, a controller die on top of the memory die; and a interposer surrounding the controller die and on top of the memory die wherein the interposer allows for wire bonding to the substrate to be... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7378301 | Method for molding a small form factor digital memory card A method for molding digital storage memory cards such as, for example, multimedia cards (MMC), secure digital cards (SD), and similar small form factor digital memory cards. A PCA subassembly including, for example, a leadframe (TSOP) package for enclosing a flash ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7317250 | High density memory card assembly A high density memory card assembly having application for USB drive storage, flash and ROM memory cards, and similar memory card formats. A cavity is formed through a rigid laminate substrate. First and second digital memory devices (e.g., TSOP packages or bare sem... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7251132 | Receiving frame having removable computer drive carrier and lock A computer drive carrier to be removably received within a receiving frame so that a computer drive transported by the carrier can be interfaced with a host computer. A handle is pivotally connected to the computer drive carrier and adapted to be rotated between a c... | 07/31/2007 |
| 6737738 | Multi-level package for a memory module A high density, low profile, three dimensional memory module having multi-level semiconductor packages mounted on one or opposite sides of a printed wiring board. Each multi-level package of the memory module contains an upper level DRAM integrated circuit package t... | 05/18/2004 |
