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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
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
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
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
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
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
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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