US 7,492,601 B2
Retractable card adapter
Jeffrey A. Salazar, Belmont, Calif. (US); Robert A. Howard, Palo Alto, Calif. (US); Jonathan R. Harris, Menlo Park, Calif. (US); and Daren W. Hebold, Mountain View, Calif. (US)
Assigned to SanDisk Corporation, Milpitas, Calif. (US)
Filed on Jun. 05, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/422,313.
Application 11/422313 is a division of application No. 10/133791, filed on Apr. 26, 2002, granted, now 7,092,256.
Prior Publication US 2007/0274117 A1, Nov. 29, 2007
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 361—752  [361/800] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus arranged to enable a non-volatile memory device to communicate with a host device comprising:
a body, the body having a boundary; and
an element, the element being arranged to move at least partially within the body, the element including an interface which is arranged to be coupled to the host device when the element is in a first position with respect to the body, the element further being arranged to receive the non-volatile memory device, wherein the element is still further arranged to move the non-volatile memory device and the interface with respect to the body, wherein the element includes a receiver, the receiver being arranged to receive the non-volatile memory device, and wherein when the element is in the first position with respect to the body, the interface at least partially extends past the boundary and the receiver is positioned substantially within the boundary.