Patent ID: 8696387
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G06K,H01R

Abstract:
1. A card adapter configured to electrically connect a card with information written therein and an electronic device to each other, the card adapter comprising: an adapter main body; a slit provided in the adapter main body and configured such that the card is inserted into the slit; an opening portion reaching from an outer surface of the adapter main body to the slit; and a fall-out prevention member disposed in the opening portion and being movable in a thickness direction of the adapter main body, wherein an elongated groove extending in the thickness direction of the adapter main body is formed in a wall surface of the opening portion, the fall-out prevention member is provided with a protrusion engaging with the elongated groove and being movable in the thickness direction of the adapter main body along the elongated groove, and when the card is inserted into the slit, the fall-out prevention member comes into contact with the card to be pushed up in the thickness direction of the adapter main body, and a portion of the fall-out prevention member protrudes from the outer surface of the adapter main body.