Patent ID: 6246578
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: G06F,G11B,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer-dedicated auxiliary data access device comprised of a device case having a minimum of one horizontal slot in the front side and, furthermore, a housing cavity perpendicularly formed inward beyond the said horizontal slot, a universal serial bus (USB) interface socket installed at the end section of the said housing cavity, an IC circuit board disposed in parallel alignment with the said horizontal slot, a card terminal connector respectively situated at the end face of the said IC circuit board, and a number of perpendicularly supportive spring contacts of said card terminal connector that are connected via a flat cable routed to the said interface socket; the said horizontal slot provides for the sideways insertion of an ultra thin flat memory card; the said memory card internally consists of high-speed flash memory chips and also includes a main controller IC and a memory IC which have a read/write specification of 10,000 times to enable the rapid reading and writing of data; an exposed read access area is formed in the top of the said memory card that is in parallel alignment with the said card terminal connector, the said read access area consisting of an elastically loaded plurality of contacts intervallicly disposed that enable perpendicular mutual engagement; a transmission cable is installed to said interface socket and the other end is installed to the USB port of a computer; as such, the present invention achieves computer-dedicated high speed and high capacity auxiliary memory access operations, while providing for convenient portability and maintenance.