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US008337252B2
(12)
United
States
Patent
Mambakkam
et
a].
US
8,337,252
B2
Dec.
25,
2012
(10)
Patent
N0.:
(45)
Date
of
Patent:
(54)
(75)
(73)
(21)
(22)
(65)
(63)
SMARTCONNECT
FLASH
CARD
ADAPTER
Inventors:
Sreenath
Mambakkam,
San
Jose,
CA
(US);
Arockiyaswamy
Venkidu,
Menlo
Park,
CA
(US);
Larry
Lawson
Jones,
Palo
Alto,
CA
(US)
Assignee:
MCM
Portfolio
LLC,
Cupertino,
CA
(Us)
Notice:
Subject
to
any
disclaimer,
the
term
of
this
patent
is
extended
or adjusted
under
35
USC
154(b)
by
0
days.
Appl.
No.:
13/225,330
Filed:
Sep.
2,
2011
Prior
Publication
Data
US
2011/0320713
A1
Dec.
29,
2011
Related
US.
Application
Data
Continuation
of
application
No.
12/759,550,
?led
on
Apr.
13,
2010,
noW
Pat.
No.
8,011,964,
Which
is
a
continuation
of
application
No.
12/
189,725,
?led
on
Aug.
11,
2008,
noW
Pat.
No.
7,719,847,
Which
is
a
continuation
of
application
No.
11/858,086,
?led
on
Sep.
19,
2007,
noW
Pat.
No.
7,522,424,
Which
is
a
continuation
of
application
No.
11/492,556,
?led
on
Jul.
24,
2006,
noW
Pat.
No.
7,295,443,
Which
is
a
continuation
of
application
No.
10/887,635,
?led
on
Jul.
8,
2004,
noW
Pat.
No.
7,095,618,
Which
is
a
continuation-in-part
of
application
No.
10/064,966,
?led
on
Sep.
4,
2002,
noW
Pat.
No.
6,859,369,
Which
is
a
continuation-in-part
of
application
No.
10/
167,925,
?led
on
Jun.
11,
2002,
noW
Pat.
No.
7,222,205,
Which
is
a
continuation
of
application
No.
09/610,904,
?led
on
Jul.
6,
2000,
noW
Pat.
No.
6,438,638,
said
application
No.
10/064,966
is
a
continuation-in-part
of
application
No.
10/039,685,
?led
on
Oct.
29,
2001,
noW
Pat.
No.
6,832,281,
and
a
continuation-in-part
of
application
No.
1
0/
002,5
67,
?led
on
Nov.
1,
2001,
noW
abandoned.
Int.
Cl.
H01R
12/00
(2006.01)
US.
Cl.
.....................................................
..
439/630
Field
of
Classi?cation
Search
................
..
439/
630,
439/946,
638,
76.1;
361/796,
752
See
application
?le
for
complete
search
history.
(51)
(52)
(58)
(56)
References
Cited
U.S.
PATENT
DOCUMENTS
3,821,518
A
6/1974
Miller
3,882,296
A
5/1975
Townsend
4,012,096
A
3/1977
Deluca
et
al.
4,046,444
A
9/1977
Brorein
(Continued)
FOREIGN
PATENT
DOCUMENTS
1278631
A
1/2001
(Continued)
CN
OTHER
PUBLICATIONS
Onspec
Electronic,
Inc.,
“Supplementary
Search
Report
for
EP
Application
No.
019529742,
3
pages”,
Sep.
21,
2004.
(Continued)
Primary
Examiner
*
Jean
F
Duveme
(74)
Attorney,
Agent,
or
Firm
*
Edward
P.
Heller,
III
(57)
ABSTRACT
A
multi-memory
media
adapter
to
read
a
plurality
of
different
types
of
memory
media
cards.
Signals
are
mapped
to
the
contact
pins
depending
upon
the
type
of
memory
media
card.
In
one
embodiment,
a
controller
connected
to
an
interconnec
tion
means
maps
at
least
one
signal
to
the
contact
pins
depending
upon
the
type
of
memory
card
inserted.
9
Claims,
5
Drawing
Sheets
700
J
710
720
730
a
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PP
r—%
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ti—|
FRONT
IIIIIIIII‘WI
l||||||lIII|I|||II~721
I||I|||I||||I~731
MEMORYSTICK
SMARTMEDIAI
MMCI SD
SECTION
XD
SECTION SECTION
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
TOP
SMARTMEDIA
MMC
8-BIT
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Summary of Contents

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US008337252B2 (12) United States Patent Mambakkam et a]. US 8,337,252 B2 Dec. 25, 2012 (10) Patent N0.: (45) Date of Patent: (54) (75) (73) (21) (22)

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US. Patent Dec. 25, 2012 Sheet 4 0f 5 US 8,337,252 B2 1600 6(20 ‘6/10 FRONT "EME'E'EEEF'IW E552’ i.‘3°NTR9_LL_E_RJ TOP _-__ {611 I

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US. Patent Dec. 25,2012 Sheet 5 of5 US 8,337,252 B2 100 J 71)0 win vzfo _! I__ ;___| [_ [_ . ____1 FRONT IIIIIIIIHH |||l||||Il||||||H~¢21 lllllllllllI

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US 8,337,252 B2 1 SMARTCONNECT FLASH CARD ADAPTER Under 35 U.S.C. §120, this application is a continuation of US. application Ser. No. 12/759,550, ?le

Page 6 - Report”

US 8,337,252 B2 3 Some devices don’t have the 68-pin PCMCIA interface. For example, some recent notebook computer models only have the electrically eq

Page 7 - (withdrawn)

US 8,337,252 B2 5 For one embodiment, both planar elements and the spacer between them are created from molded plastic. For such an embodiment, the mo

Page 8 - 2'5

US 8,337,252 B2 7 interface to a standard size Memory Stick card. A bottom front set of pins 622 in housing 620 can be used to interface a miniSD card

Page 9 - 312'741’13"

US 8,337,252 B2 2. A multi-?ash-card reader as claimed in claim 1 Wherein the ?rst type of serial card is a MultiMediacard and Wherein the second type

Page 10

US 8,337,252 B2 Page 2 4,092,732 4,131,330 4,264,917 4,275,944 4,327,953 4,392,705 4,533,203 4,551,912 4,578,573 4,579,404 4,591,222 4,591,950 4,655,5

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US 8,337,252 B2 Page 3 6,134,114 6,137,710 6,139,338 6,145,046 6,164,538 6,168,077 6,170,029 6,170,066 6,173,291 6,173,405 6,174,188 6,175,517 6,176,7

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US 8,337,252 B2 Page4 7,033,221 B2 4/2006 Bricaudet a1. 2003/0172263 A1 9/2003 Liu 7,036,738 B1 5/2006 Vanzinietal. 2003/0178486 A1 9/2003 Teng etal.

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US 8,337,252 B2 Page 5 JP 2001-67303 A 3/2001 JP 2002-157056 A 5/2002 JP 2003-178269 A 6/2003 KR 0317885 B1 7/2002 TW 456624 9/2001 TW 464110 11/2001

Page 14

US 8,337,252 B2 Page 6 Anne-Bide Stensgaard, “Imation launches FlashGOI in the Middle East”, www.ameinfo.com, Mar. 11, 2002. Kyocera, “Instruction Man

Page 15

US 8,337,252 B2 Page 7 Wright, Mary, “To the Victor Will Go the Spoils in the Tiny-Flash Card Battle”, EDN Access, Jan. 16, 1997. STMicroelectronics,

Page 16

US. Patent Dec. 25, 2012 Sheet 1 of5 US 8,337,252 B2 14)0 ,_ MULTIMEDIA COMPACT '41 CARD H CLASH I'm a SECURE <—> '43 DIGITAL ‘_&

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US. Patent Dec. 25, 2012 Sheet 2 of5 US 8,337,252 B2 300 J {310 ‘[311 K320 l|-—315 "-315 r315 W315 340 312'741’13" a £312 330 FIG. 3 CO

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