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Patent US7092256 - Retractable card adapter - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Advanced Patent Search | Web History | Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsMethods and apparatus for interfacing a memory device with a host device are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, an apparatus which enables a non-volatile memory device to communicate with a host device includes a body and an element. The body has a boundary, and the element...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US7092256?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7092256 - Retractable card adapterPublication numberUS7092256 B1Publication typeGrantApplication number10/133,791Publication date15 Aug 2006Filing date26 Apr 2002Priority date26 Apr 2002Also published asUS7492601US7787243US20070274117US20090201638InventorsJonathan R. HarrisDaren W. HeboldRobert A. HowardJeffrey A. SalazarOriginal AssigneeSandisk CorporationSandisk Technologies Inc.U.S. Classification361/737361/679.32439/377International ClassificationH05K1/14Cooperative ClassificationH05K5/0278G06F13/378European ClassificationH05K5/02H2CG06F13/378ReferencesPatent Citations (76)Non-Patent Citations (26)Referenced by (41)External LinksUSPTOUSPTO AssignmentEspacenetRetractable card adapterUS 7092256 B1Abstract Methods and apparatus for interfacing a memory device with a host device are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, an apparatus which enables a non-volatile memory device to communicate with a host device includes a body and an element. The body has a boundary, and the element is arranged to move at least partially within the body. The element includes an interface which may be coupled to the host device when the element is in a first position with respect to the body. The element is also arranged to receive the non-volatile memory device and to move the non-volatile memory device and the interface with respect to the body. In one embodiment, when the element is in the first position with respect to the body, the interface at least partially extends past the boundary associated with the body.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION The present invention is related to co-pending U.S. Design Patent Application No. D470499, filed concurrently herewith, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
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