| US 7,607,587 B2 | ||
| Card device | ||
| Hiroaki Fukuchi, Sagamihara (Japan); and Wataru Kakinoki, Nagaokakyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 07, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/44,398. | ||
| Application 12/044398 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2006/317232, filed on Aug. 31, 2006. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-269512 (JP), filed on Sep. 16, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0149740 A1, Jun. 26, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 19/06 (2006.01); G06K 7/06 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01); H05K 7/18 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 235—492 [235/441; 361/797] | 12 Claims |
| 1. A card device for accommodating a circuit board, wherein the card device is configured to be inserted into and pulled out
from a card slot by a user in an apparatus in which the card device is to be mounted, the card device comprising:
a card casing having a rear-end peripheral wall, and a front-end peripheral wall positioned on an opposite side of the card
casing from the rear-end peripheral wall and facing forward in an insertion direction of the card device; and
an anti-slipping member anchored and exposed at the rear-end peripheral wall of the card casing and configured to be held
by the user at least when the card device is inserted or pulled out of the card slot,
wherein the card casing includes a front casing piece positioned and configured to cover a front side of the circuit board
and a back casing piece positioned and configured to cover a back side of the circuit board,
wherein at least one of the front casing piece and the back casing piece of the card casing has a rear-end-face-forming wall
portion that stands upright from a flat casing surface covering the circuit board and that defines the rear-end-face-forming
wall portion of the card casing, the rear-end-face-forming wall portion having at least one notch extending from an upright
edge of the rear-end-face-forming wall portion toward a base thereof,
wherein the anti-slipping member includes at least one support portion that extends into the card casing from an outside of
the card casing through the at least one notch in the rear-end-face-forming wall portion and an internal latch portion positioned
on a part of the at least one support portion that is positioned inside the card casing, the internal latch portion being
engaged with an inner surface of the rear-end-face-forming wall portion that faces the inside of the card casing so as to
secure the anti-slipping member,
wherein the front casing piece and the back casing piece are assembled together with the at least one support portion of the
anti-slipping member being placed in the at least one notch and the internal latch portion being engaged with the inner surface
of the rear-end-face-forming wall portion so that the anti-slipping member is anchored at the rear-end peripheral wall of
the card casing, and
wherein the upright edge of the rear-end-face-forming wall portion is in contact with the front casing piece and the back
casing piece assembled thereto at a contact position, the front casing piece and the back casing piece being bonded together
at the contact position.
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