Did You Know...
...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8174835 | Hot swappable computer card carrier Embodiments are described including a device comprising a carrier frame. The device includes a first connector on a first side of the carrier frame, and the first connector connects to a host system when the carrier frame is inserted into the host system. The device... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174836 | Data card A data card includes a casing provided with a circuit board therein. One end of the casing is provided with a plug electrically connected with the circuit board. The data card further includes a connecting part and a cap part. One end of the connecting part is conne... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8149583 | Storage device and electronic apparatus According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first board, a second board facing the first board, a cover facing the second board from a side opposite to the first board, a first fixing portion attached to the first board and the cover, and a secon... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8139363 | Memory card and method of manufacturing the same A memory card includes a substrate, at least one semiconductor chip attached to the substrate, a writing permitting/prohibiting setting element attached to the substrate, and a molding member formed on the substrate to cover the semiconductor chip. ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8125786 | Memory card Memory card includes a circuit board, a component mounted on a main face of the circuit board, casing covering at least the main face of the circuit board and the component, and bittering agent retained in a roughened area provided on casing or an exposed part of th... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8116083 | Lipstick-type USB device with tubular housing A USB device including a tubular housing and a rear cap assembly including a handle structure that is rotatably connected to the tubular housing to facilitate deploying and retracting a plug connector through a front opening of the housing. The plug connector is fix... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8107246 | Adhesive format adapter for a storage device and method for the production thereof The invention relates to a format adapter comprising a storage device having: a front surface provided with electrical contact pads opposite a rear surface defining a lower peripheral border (2a); a body having a cavity (4) for receiving the dev... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102658 | Micro-SD to secure digital adaptor card and manufacturing method A microSD-to-SD adaptor card includes a base substrate having a lead frame structure, a protective cap forming a chamber that encloses eight microSD contact pins of the lead frame structure, and a thermoset plastic casing formed over the protective cap and exposed p... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102657 | Single shot molding method for COB USB/EUSB devices with contact pad ribs A dual-personality extended USB (EUSB) system supports both USB and EUSB memory cards using an extended 9-pin EUSB socket. Each EUSB device 101 includes a PCBA having four standard USB metal contact pads disposed on an upper side of a PCB, and several extended purpo... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8085544 | Data card A data card includes a casing, a circuit board in the casing, a plug electrically connected with the circuit board and a cap part capable of covering the plug; wherein one end of the casing is provided with the plug; a card slot is defined in the casing at a joint o... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8077451 | Surface contact card retention assembly A retention assembly for securing a surface contact card in a portable electronic device includes a main body defining a receiving groove in the main body, and a locking member slidably positioned on the main body adjacent to the receiving groove. The locking member... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077469 | Chip card assembling structure A chip card holder, for securing a chip card in an electronic device, includes a housing, an elastic member and a strip member. The housing defines a receiving chamber. The elastic member is secured in the receiving chamber and has an elastic foldable resisting sect... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8068344 | Electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus, which accommodates a chip card, includes a casing, a limit element and a carrier. The limit element is connected to the casing and has a protruding part. The carrier is slidingly disposed on the casing and has at least a contact area dispose... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064206 | Semiconductor memory device and semiconductor memory card using the same A semiconductor memory device is provided with a wiring board which includes an element mounting portion and connection pads. Plural semiconductor memory elements are stacked on the element mounting portion of the wiring board. The semiconductor memory element of a ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064205 | Storage devices including different sets of contacts A storage device can include a first outer surface and a second outer surface opposite the first outer surface. The storage device can further include first and second sets of contacts arranged to couple to first and second connectors, respectively. The first outer ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059414 | Miniature portable memory device Disclosed is a miniature portable memory device, comprising: a memory card unit; a shell, which is provided with a reception slot inside for receiving and accommodating said memory card unit, one end of said shell is provided with a first opening portion for inserti... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8027165 | Portable memory devices with removable caps that effect operation of the devices when attached A flash memory card structure with an external contact structure according to a published standard, such as the USB standard, also includes a second data transmission path, such as a wireless one. A removable cap fits over the card to cover the external contacts whe... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7944702 | Press-push flash drive apparatus with metal tubular casing and snap-coupled plastic sleeve A press-push type computer peripheral “flash drive” device includes an elongated (e.g., metal) tubular casing containing a PCBA having a plug connector. A plastic housing assembly includes front and rear cap portions mounted over the open ends of the tubular cas... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7929311 | Portable electronic device A portable electronic device includes a housing, a circuit board received in the housing, and a memory card retaining mechanism received in the housing. The memory card retaining mechanism includes a plurality of conductive parts. The plurality of conductive parts c... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7916488 | Chip card holding module and electronic device using the same A chip card holding module (24) having a connector portion (26) and a securing member (28) is described. The connector portion includes a base (261) defining two latching slots (263) on two lateral sides and a plurality of terminal... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7898813 | Semiconductor memory device and semiconductor memory card using the same A semiconductor memory device is provided with a wiring board which includes an element mounting portion and connection pads. Plural semiconductor memory elements are stacked on the element mounting portion of the wiring board. The semiconductor memory element of a ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7889506 | Function expansion datacard A function expansion datacard including a main board, a connector, a housing and a holder is provided. Several chips and the connector are disposed on a surface of the main board. The connector is situated near the edge of the main board. The housing disposed on the... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7885078 | Electrical card An electrical card (100) includes an insulative frame (1) having a pair of detachable side bars (112) spaced from each other and a transverse bar (116) assembled onto the side bars to interconnect the side bars; a detachable upper cover (... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7881063 | Nonvolatile memory card and configuration conversion adapter A nonvolatile memory card, including interface parts for plural kinds of memory cards; interface controllers corresponding to the interface parts for corresponding memory cards; and a switch configured to select a single one of the interface controllers. ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7872873 | Extended COB-USB with dual-personality contacts A dual-personality extended USB (EUSB) system supports both USB and EUSB memory cards using an extended 9-pin EUSB socket. Each EUSB memory card includes a PCBA having four standard USB metal contact pads disposed on an upper side of a PCB, and several extended purp... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7872872 | Card-based power system for an electronic device A computer card comprises a housing insertable into a slot of an electronic device and a power pin configured to provide power to the electronic device. ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7869218 | Light-weight solid state drive with rivet sets A Solid State Drive (SSD) device includes a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) defining rivet holes, and a support structure including parallel side frame rails defining rivet openings and support platforms for receiving and supporting the PCBA. Compression-mated... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7869219 | Flash drive with spring-loaded retractable connector A pen-type computer peripheral device includes an elongated housing containing a PCBA having a plug connector. The PCBA is secured to a positioning member that is actuated by way of a press-push button that is exposed through a slot defined in a wall of the housing.... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7864540 | Peripheral card with sloped edges A peripheral card includes a circuit board, various circuit elements on the circuit board, a set of user terminals, a set of test terminals, and an enclosure that covers a portion of the circuit board and the circuit elements. The enclosure does not cover the user t... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7859850 | Electronic card and expansion card combination An electronic card and expansion card combination includes an electronic card, for example, vertical insertion type Express card defining a 34 mm card accommodation space and accommodating a circuit board with an electric connector, and an expansion card, which has ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7830666 | Manufacturing process for single-chip MMC/SD flash memory device with molded asymmetric circuit board An MMC/SD core unit includes a PCBA in which all passive components and unpackaged IC chips are attached to a single side of a PCB opposite to the metal contacts. The IC chips include, for example, a controller chip and a flash memory chip, or a single-chip (combine... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7813137 | Rotatable memory card with improved locking mechanism A memory card (100) includes a main body portion (1) and a rotatable portion (2) connected by a pair of hinges (3) to rotate around an axis extending across a width of the memory card. A conductive member (12) includes a base (1... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7791892 | Electronic component for an electronic carrier substrate Disclosed are an electronic component, an assembly of an electronic component and an electronic carrier substrate, and a method of connecting the electronic component to the carrier substrate. The carrier substrate has a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE),... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7791893 | Arrangement for powering USB keys Charging or recharging a capacitor powers a USB key. The capacitor is connected to the USB plug. Inserting the key in a powered device charges or recharges the capacitor. Alternatively, the capacitor is connected to the USB plug and a rotatable generator electricall... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7768789 | Hard drive with metal casing and ground pin standoff to reduce ESD damage to stacked PCBA's A case-grounded flash-memory drive has a printed-circuit board assembly (PCBA) with flash-memory chips and a controller chip. The PCBA is encased inside an upper case and a lower case, with a Serial AT-Attachment (SATA) connector that fits through an opening between... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7733657 | Module base unit with strain relief means In a module base unit (1) for a module (30) for a data carrier, two connection plates (2, 3) are provided, which comprise electrically conductive material and which each have a direction of extent (4, 5) and which are separated from each ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7719847 | Smartconnect flash card adapter A multi-memory media adapter having a port, a surface, and a set of contact pins adapted to connect to different types of flash cards. Signals are mapped to the contact pins depending upon the type of flash card. In one embodiment, a controller has signal lines conn... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7719845 | Chamfered memory card module and method of making same A memory card comprising a circuit board having opposed upper and lower circuit board surfaces, multiple side edges, a chamfer extending between a pair of the side edges, a plurality of pads disposed on the lower circuit board surface, and a conductive pattern which... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7719846 | Plated module for an IC card A plated module is for an IC card and includes a printed circuit having a plurality of conductive areas, delimited by a network of insulating channels, for covering an integrated circuit chip intended to be hosted in a recess of a plastic support of the IC card. At ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7710736 | Memory card with latching mechanism for hinged cover An enclosed re-programmable non-volatile memory card includes a cover that is hinged to the card to normally cover a set of external contacts to which the memory is connected but which can be rotated out of the way by hand to expose that set of contacts for connecti... | 05/04/2010 |
