Patent ID: 7025623

Claim:
A memory card adapter ( 1 ), connectable at an end thereof to an end of a compact memory card ( 4 ), wherein said memory card adapter and the compact memory card are connectable to form an assembly, the assembly lying substantially within a single plane and including a thickness, a width, and a length of a longer memory card greater than that of the compact memory card, the length being along a compact-memory-card insertion direction; said memory card adapter comprising: a core ( 3 ) comprised of a resin molded body; and a frame metal fining ( 2 ) assembled to said core; said frame metal fitting ( 2 ) including a pair of holding portions ( 21 , 22 ) each having a substantially U-shaped configuration, in cross section across the insertion direction, and provided on opposite ends of said frame metal fitting at a memory-card attaching side thereof, to attach the compact memory card thereto and a hook portion ( 23 ) provided between said pair of holding portions at said memory-card attaching side; said holding portion being adapted to hold the opposite sides of an end of the compact memory card when the compact memory card is assembled with the memory card adapter; said hook portion being adapted to detachably engage the end of the compact memory card by means of a first spring force so as to prevent said compact memory card from coming off the memory card adapter; said frame metal fitting ( 2 ) further including caulking projections ( 24 ) which secure said frame metal fitting to said core ( 3 ) by means of caulking onto said core; whereby the assembly is usable in a device adapted to the longer memory card.