Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical... – For electronic systems and devices
Reexamination Certificate
2001-04-20
2003-07-01
Martin, David (Department: 2841)
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical...
For electronic systems and devices
C361S728000, C361S729000, C361S730000, C361S731000, C361S740000, C361S747000, C361S754000, C361S755000, C361S756000, C361S759000, C361S801000, C361S802000, C439S923000, C439S376000, C439S328000, C439S382000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06587348
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a container case for a card type recording medium to be used in an electronic device such as personal computer or an electronic digital camera. This invention further relates to a container case holder for such container case of a card type recording medium, and an electronic device using such card type recording medium.
2. Description of the Related Art
As well known, a card type device such as card type recording medium includes a memory card of a PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association) technical standard, a Smart Media (Registered Trademark of Toshiba Corporation), a Compact Flash (Registered Trademark of U.S.A. SanDisk Corporation), a Memory Stick (Registered Trademark of Sony Corporation) or the like, and such card type recording medium is carried with electronic devices such as a personal computer or an electronic digital still camera in order to record or reproduce audio, video and/or text data to or from a semiconductor memory circuit packed in such card type recording medium. Conventionally such card type recording medium is carried together with an electronic device in an installed condition or the card type recording medium is carried in a pocket of a suit of a user, sometimes. In such case, dust in the pocket is possibly attached to connecting terminals of the card type recording medium, and accordingly these terminals tend to be often stained. Accordingly there causes incomplete connection to the electronic device, and sometimes connecting terminals or the card type recording medium itself tends to be damaged. Accordingly a container case for safely carrying the card type recording medium is conventionally known, such as disclosed in Japanese Non-examined Patent Publications Heisei-6-113915, Heisei-6-253918 and Heisei-7-308216, for example.
FIG. 24
shows one example of such conventional container case for a card type recording medium
100
, in which a container case
101
is constituted in the shape of a folding wallet. That is, a plurality of small sized storage sections
103
are formed by sewing or by ultra-sonic welding on an inside of a first peace
101
a
of the container case
101
, wherein one side of each of the small sized storage sections
103
is opened just like a bag, and a large sized storage section
104
is formed by sewing or by ultra-sonic welding on an inside of a second piece
101
b
of the container case
101
, wherein one side of the large sized storage section
104
is also opened just like a bag. The card type recording medium
100
is inserted into or pulled out from a respective one of the small sized storage sections
103
of this container case
101
in a direction of an arrow a or b, and a card
105
such as business card, a cash card or the like is inserted into the large sized storage section
104
. The container case
101
can be safely carried in a pocket of a suit in a folded condition.
Further,
FIG. 25
shows another example of a conventional container case for the card type recording medium
100
. A container case
106
comprises a main body
106
a
and a case lid
106
b
and a positioning member
107
made by a foam body and the like, and this positioning member
107
is fixed to the main body
106
a
by using a double sided adhesion tape (not shown in the figure). The positioning member
107
has a plurality of depression sections
108
each of which is a little bit smaller than an outer size of the card type recording medium
100
, and those depression sections
108
are arranged in a lateral direction. Further each of the depression sections
108
has a notch part
109
formed in a semicircle shape as shown in
FIG. 25
, and each card type recording medium
100
is engaged in flat in each of the depression section
108
utilizing resilience of the foam body of the positioning member
107
. The container case
106
is carried in a pocket of a suit with the main body
106
a
and the case lid
106
b
closed. When the card type recording medium
100
is taken out from the depression section
108
, a finger-tip of a user is inserted to the semi-circled notch part
109
to pick up the card type recording medium
100
out of the depression section
108
.
According to these conventional container cases
101
,
106
constituted as described above, these container cases
101
,
106
can carry more than one card type recording medium
100
at a time. But in the container case
101
as shown in
FIG. 24
, the card type recording medium
100
is inserted into the storage section
103
or is drawn from the storage section
103
by a finger-tip of a user. Further in the container case
106
as shown in
FIG. 25
, the card type recording medium
100
is squeezed into the depression section
108
or is pulled up merely by a finger-tip. Accordingly in the conventional container cases
101
,
106
, it is hard to recognize a mechanical feeling upon insertion and ejection of the card type recording medium
100
to and from the container case
101
,
106
, and if the container cases are opened unintentionally, the card type recording medium
100
may drop out from the container case
101
,
106
by accident. The card type recording medium
100
may be destroyed by this drop at the worst case. In this way, the conventional container cases
101
,
106
do not fit a merchandizing image of the card type recording medium
100
commercialized using very advanced technique. In addition, the degree of user satisfaction is low when taking into account that the selling price of this card type recording medium
100
is relatively expensive.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly an object of this invention is to present a new container case, a new container case holder and an electronic device or appliance using a card type device such as card type recording medium. The container case of the present invention gives a comfortable mechanical feeling to a user upon insertion and ejection of the card type recording medium, and in particular the reliability in the storing status of the card type recording medium is high and such operation for insertion and ejection can be done with one touch.
The container case for the card type recording medium of the present invention is provided with a resilient engaging means located at one side of a storage space for the card type recording medium, wherein the resilient engaging means is resiliently engaged with a depression section formed at one side and at a leading edge side of the card type recording medium inserted from an inserting entrance. Further, a resilient ejecting means is provided at a bottom of the storage space, wherein an ejecting power is charged in the resilient ejecting means by inserting and pushing the resilient ejecting means at the leading edge of the card type recording medium against the resilient ejecting means. In addition, according to the container case of the present invention, a rotation supporting section is provided at the one side of the storage space and at a shifted location toward the inserting entrance side from the resilient engaging means in the storage space of the container case, wherein the depression section of the card type recording medium is left from the resilient engaging means by pushing the other end section of the card type recording medium and rotating the card type recording medium at the rotation supporting section.
As described above, the container case for the card type recording medium of this invention gives a comfortable mechanical click feeling to a user when the card type recording medium is inserted in the storage space from the inserting entrance, and the resilient engaging means is resiliently engaged with the depression section provided at one side of the card type recording medium. And the resilient ejecting means charges the ejecting power by pushing the resilient ejecting means against the resilience by the leading edge of the card type recording medium. When the card type recording medium is pulled out from the inserting entrance, the other side of
Kananen Ronald R.
Martin David
Rader & Fishman & Grauer, PLLC
Sony Corporation
Vu Phuong T.
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