MEMORY CARD

Abstract

A memory card includes: a package in the form of a thin plate made of an insulating material and configured to be inserted into and removed from a slot of an external apparatus; a plurality of contacts provided on the package and configured to transmit a signal to and from the external apparatus; the contacts being juxtaposed in a direction perpendicular to a loading/unloading direction, in which the memory card is loaded into or unloaded from the external apparatus, in a region of a flat face, which is one of faces of the package in a thicknesswise direction, except locations on the opposite sides in the direction perpendicular to the loading/unloading direction; and a pair of side labels adhered to the locations on the opposite sides of the upper face of the package and extending along the loading/unloading direction.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a memory card to which the present invention is applied;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the memory card in an assembled form;

FIG. 3 is a view as viewed in the direction indicated by an arrow mark A in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line B-B of FIG. 2; and

FIGS. 5A and 5B are an exploded perspective view and a perspective view, respectively, showing a memory card which has been proposed by the assignee of the present application.

Claims

1. A memory card, comprising: a package in the form of a thin plate made of an insulating material and configured to be inserted into and removed from a slot of an external apparatus;a plurality of contacts provided on said package and configured to transmit a signal to and from the external apparatus;said contacts being juxtaposed in a direction perpendicular to a loading/unloading direction, in which said memory card is loaded into or unloaded from the external apparatus, in a region of a flat face, which is one of faces of said package in a thicknesswise direction, except locations on the opposite sides in the direction perpendicular to the loading/unloading direction; anda pair of side labels adhered to the locations on the opposite sides of the upper face of said package and extending along the loading/unloading direction.

2. The memory card according to claim 1, further comprising a connection label adhered to a location of the upper face of said package spaced from said contacts and extending in the direction perpendicular to the loading/unloading direction to connect said side labels on the opposite sides to each other.

3. The memory card according to claim 2, wherein said side labels and said connection label cooperatively form a contact protecting label.

4. The memory card according to claim 2, wherein said side labels and said connection label cooperatively form a contact protecting label, and said side labels and said connection label of said contact protecting label define an opening through which said contacts are exposed.

5. The memory card according to claim 2, further comprising: a storage section and a controller provided in the inside of said package, said controller being configured to control said storage section; anda plurality of test terminals provided at locations of the upper face of said package spaced from said contacts and individually connected to said storage section and said controller;said test terminals being covered with said connection label.

6. The memory card according to claim 2, wherein said connection label is provided so as to cover the entire region of the upper face of said package except the locations at which said contacts are provided.

7. The memory card according to claim 1, wherein said package has a rectangular shape having a length extending in the loading/unloading direction and a width extending in the direction perpendicular to the lengthwise direction, and said contacts are provided at the locations of the upper face of said package which are positioned at an end portion of said package in the lengthwise direction.

8. The memory card according to claim 1, wherein the surface of said side labels is positioned higher than the surface of said contacts in the thicknesswise direction of said package.