Patent ID: 6580615
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: G06K,Y10S

Abstract:
A memory card, comprising:a main body of the memory card in which a rectangular notched section is formed at a side of its external flat shape; a semiconductor memory in which data can be at least written, the semiconductor memory being mounted on a substrate contained inside the main body of the memory card; a terminal provided in the main body of the memory card for electrically connecting the semiconductor memory to an external device; and a write/nonwrite setting element for setting a write/nonwrite state of the data in the semiconductor memory, the write/nonwrite setting element being slidably fitted in the notched section, wherein the main body of the memory card includes an upper main body and a lower main body; at least one of the upper main body and the lower main body has an elastic guide formed within the notched section; the write/nonwrite setting element is slidably fitted in the elastic guide; the upper main body and the lower main body support the substrate on which the semiconductor memory is mounted and the write/nonwrite setting element therebetween; the write/nonwrite setting element is positioned so as to select any of a first position, where a portion of the write/nonwrite setting element covers a portion of the notched section, and a second position, where the portion of the write/nonwrite setting element covers another portion of the notched section, an external shape of the write/nonwrite setting element which covers any of the portion and the another portion of the notched section is formed so as to have a generally integral shape with an external shape of the main body of the memory card; the write/nonwrite setting element slides along the elastic guide so as to set a write/nonwrite state of the data in the semiconductor memory; and the elastic guide has an engagement portion for engagedly stopping the write/nonwrite setting element so as to select the position of the write/nonwrite setting element with respect to the elastic guide.