Patent ID: 8102658
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: G06F,H05K,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An adaptor card for adapting a micro-Secure Digital (microSD) card to communicate with a standard Secure Digital (SD) socket disposed on a host system, the adapter card comprising: a substrate forming a lower wall of the adaptor card, the substrate including a planar outside surface and an opposing inside surface, a front edge and an opposing rear edge; a lead frame structure fixedly connected to the inside surface of the substrate, the lead frame structure including: a protective cap mounted on the inside surface of the substrate, the protective cap including opposing side walls extending from the inside surface, and an upper wall supported by the side walls and disposed parallel to and spaced from a portion of the inside surface such that the opposing side walls, the upper wall and the inside surface portion define a chamber; and an integral molded plastic casing consisting essentially of a thermoset plastic and including an upper wall formed on the inside surface of the substrate and over the upper wall of the protective cap such that the protective cap is secured to said substrate by said thermoset plastic, wherein said upper wall of the molded plastic casing defines a plurality of openings disposed such that each of said nine SD contact pads is exposed through an associated one of the plurality of openings, wherein a rear edge of the integral molded plastic casing defines a rear opening, and wherein the eight microSD contact pins are disposed inside the chamber such that, when the microSD card is fully inserted through the rear opening into the chamber, eight contact pads on the microSD card are operably respectively connected to the eight microSD contact pins, whereby electrical signals generated by the microSD card on any of the eight contact pads are transmitted corresponding ones of the nine SD contact pads.