Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Discharging or preventing accumulation of electric charge
Patent
1992-07-27
1995-03-14
Pellinen, A. D.
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Discharging or preventing accumulation of electric charge
439 60, 439 59, H01R 13453, H01K 114
Patent
active
053981545
ABSTRACT:
A system is provided wherein an IC memory card (10) is inserted into a slot (12) of an electronic device (14), which discharges any static electric charge on the card prior to mating of card and device contacts (32, 34). The card has a frame with opposite sides that have metal clips, and the electronic device has grounding terminals (74, 76) that engage the clips, as the card is inserted.
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MacGregor Duncan D.
Perkins Carl C.
Intel Corporation
ITT Corporation
Krishnan Aditya
Pellinen A. D.
Peterson Thomas L.
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