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7-in-1 card reader for PCMCIA interface

US6976624B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 8, 2003
Grant dateDec 20, 2005
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Expiry dateJan 9, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K19/07741
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The 7-in-1 card reader has an electric connecting circuit in its cartridge coincident with an insertion slot of a PCMCIA interface; the cartridge is provided on the front side thereof with a first connecter for connecting an electric device having the PCMCIA interface, and on the rear end thereof with a first connecter module and a second connecter module for insertion of memory cards taken among those of seven specifications or those of CE, MD, MMC, MS, SD, SM and XD memory cards, and for proceeding to data reading, exchanging and transferring with the memory card through the electric connecting circuit, so that the electric device with the PCMCIA interface can read and write on the memory cards of the seven specifications.

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