Patent ID: 7771238

Claim:
A card-type peripheral device comprising: an electronic component disposed in a case; and a terminal part including connection terminals connectable with terminals of a to-be-connected device, wherein a function of the electronic component and the number of terminals of the terminal part are maintained to be compatible with those of the to-be-connected device, the number of terminals of the terminal part being less than the number of terminals of the to-be-connected device, wherein the electronic component includes a nonvolatile memory and functions as a memory card capable of writing and reading data via an interface, outside dimensions of the case are set to be smaller than outside dimensions of a standard PCI Express card medium and greater than outside dimensions of a memory stick Duo (registered trademark) or an SD (registered trademark) card, the terminal part is formed so as to be exposed via a part of the case, and a terminal cover receiving part is formed in the case, the terminal cover receiving part being capable of fitting with a terminal cover configured to cover the exposed portion of the terminal part while maintaining an opening that allows a connector of the to-be-connected device to enter therethrough.