JP2875162B2 - IC card cover - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an IC card cover. Recently, along with the improvement of functions of small information processing devices such as notebook personal computers, IC cards are mounted inside the device, such as IC memory cards, and need not be connected to external peripheral devices. For example, a type connected to an external peripheral device such as a modem card has been widely used.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 6 shows a conventional example of an IC card cover applied to an IC card having a connector for connecting to an external peripheral device such as a modem card. The IC card cover is provided with a locking hook 51 to the device housing 10 at the upper part.
As shown by an arrow in the figure, the device housing 10 is mounted from the extended portion 11a to the bottom wall of the card insertion opening 11. The IC card cover is provided with a lid 52 whose peripheral edge is partitioned by a groove 52a. When the IC card 40 to which the I / O cable is connected is mounted, the lid is broken and removed. An I / O cable drawer 21 is formed.

[0003] However, such a conventional example has a drawback that once the lid 52 is broken, the I / O cable drawer 21 cannot be closed. Further, in order to solve such a disadvantage, as shown in FIG. 7, there has been proposed a device in which the cover 52 can be detachably attached. However, in this conventional example, the cover 52 is lost. In addition, both of the above two conventional examples have a drawback that the mounting of the IC card 40 requires lifting of the main body of the device, and the mounting workability is poor.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and has as its object to provide an IC card cover which is easy to use and has no risk of losing a sub cover. And

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, it is an object of the present invention to provide a cover body 20 to be inserted into a card insertion opening 11 opened in an apparatus housing 10, and an I / O cable formed in the cover body 20. A sub cover body 30 for closing the drawer portion 21; the cover main body 20 comes into contact with the pull-out side edge 41 of the IC card 40 mounted on the apparatus main body to regulate the detachment of the IC card 40; Stop 22
The sub cover body is achieved by providing an IC card cover that is rotatably mounted on the cover body and closes the I / O cable drawer so as to be openable.

[0006]

In the present invention, an I / O cable lead-out portion 21 serving as an outlet for an I / O cable or connector of the IC card 40 is opened in the cover body 20, and the I / O cable lead-out portion 21 has Sub cover body 30
Is attached. The sub cover 30 is rotatably mounted on the cover main body 20 and is opened or closed depending on the specification of the IC card 40 to be mounted. The cover body 20 includes an IC mounted on the device.
A retaining portion 22 is provided which comes into contact with the pull-out side edge 41 of the card 40, and the detachment of the IC card 40 is regulated regardless of the state of the sub cover body 30.

[0007] What kind of IC card 4
0, the loss of the lid 52 is reliably prevented as in the conventional example, and the IC with the I / O cable is mounted.
When the card 40 is mounted, careless pulling of the cable makes it possible to reliably prevent the card from being pulled out or a contact failure.

Further, in the second aspect of the present invention, the cover body 20 is rotatably mounted on the apparatus housing 10,
When mounting the C card 40, there is no need to lift the device housing.

[0009]

1 and 2 show an attached state of an IC card cover according to an embodiment of the present invention. A card insertion opening 11 is opened on the device main body side on which the IC card 40 is mounted, and near the lower side edges of the card insertion opening 11, a hinge hole 10a for receiving a later-described hinge projection 20a is opened.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the IC card cover includes a cover main body 20 having slider locks 23 mounted on both left and right sides, and a sub-cover 30 mounted on the cover main body 20. The cover main body 20 is formed of a synthetic resin material and includes an I / O cable lead-out portion 21 having a central portion cut out upward and slider lock housing portions 24 formed on both right and left edges, and a lower end on both left and right sides. The hinge projection 20a formed in the hinge hole 10a on the device housing 10 side
And is attached to the apparatus housing 10.

The I / O cable drawer 21 has a support wall 21a for the sub-cover 30 on both left and right side walls, and the upper end of the support wall 21a is further extended rearward to form a locking projection 21b. . In addition, hinge holes 21c are formed at the lower left and right sides of the I / O cable drawer 21 to receive the hinge protrusions 30a of the sub-cover body 30.

On the other hand, the slider lock accommodating portion 24 has a notch 24a into which the slider lock 23 is slidably fitted.
The slider lock 23 has a sliding contact wall 24b with which the back wall slides, and the sliding contact wall 24b is provided with a fitting notch 24c into which the hook 23a of the slider lock 23 is fitted.

The slider lock 23 is slidably accommodated in a slider lock accommodating portion 24, and a front wall thereof is provided with a knob portion 23b which is exposed from the notch 24a of the cover body 20 to the front side in a mounted state. Further, projections 23c are provided on the upper and lower edges to be engaged with the back surface of the peripheral wall of the notch 24a to prevent the notch 24a from dropping off. Also,
A biasing means 23d such as a compression spring or a leaf spring is fixed to the slider lock 23, and is biased outward on both side edges when mounted.

The sub-cover 30 has hinge projections 30a at the lower ends of the left and right edges, and is rotatably mounted on the cover main body 20 by inserting the hinge projections 30a into the hinge holes 21c on the cover main body 20 side. You. This sub-cover body 30 has a locking hook 30b at the upper end,
The locking hook 30b is connected to the locking projection 21b of the cover body 20.
The I / O cable drawer 21 is kept closed by resilient locking. Further, a finger hanging concave portion 30c is provided at an upper end edge of the sub cover body 30, so that the closed sub cover body 30 can be rotated.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the IC card cover is mounted on the device housing 10 by inserting the hinge projection 20a of the cover main body 20 into the hinge hole 10a on the device housing 10 side. By rotating as shown in a), the card insertion opening 11 is opened, and the IC card 40 can be mounted. When the cover main body 20 is rotated around the hinge projection 20a from this state, the slider lock 23 of the cover main body 20
As the slider lock 23 is pressed against the locking wall 10b provided on the zero side, it slides inward against the urging force of the urging means 23d, returns to the original position, and the slider lock 23 is
b (see FIG. 5).

In order to open the card insertion opening 11 again from this state in which the slider lock 23 is locked by the locking wall 10b and the cover body 20 closes the card insertion opening 11,
Slider lock 2 arranged on both side edges of cover body 20
3 can be slid to the center to release the lock with the lock wall 10b.

On the other hand, the sub cover body 30 is
Irrespective of the mounting posture of the cover body 20, it is rotatable with respect to the cover main body 20, and is rotated by the cover main body 20 to resiliently lock the locking hook 30 b to the locking projection 21 b.
The I / O cable drawer 21 is closed, and the finger hook recess 30 is closed.
I / O by putting a finger on c and turning it in the opening direction
The cable drawer 21 can be opened.

The IC card 40 is mounted on the cover body 20.
The IC card 4 to be mounted is carried out with the
In the case where 0 is a specification such as an interface card that pulls out the cable 60 or the connector 60a as shown in FIG. 2, the card is inserted with the sub-cover 30 held in the open position. The opening 11 may be closed, and in this state, the I / O cable drawer 21 is opened, and the connector 60a and the cable 6 are opened.
Zero withdrawal space is provided. In this state, the retaining portion 22 of the cover body 20 is in contact with the pull-out side edge 41 of the IC card 40 as shown in FIG. 5, so that the card 60 is prevented from coming off when the cable 60 is pulled. You.

When the IC card 40 to be mounted does not have a drawer to the outside like a memory card, the sub cover 30 may be used in a closed state.

[0020]

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, it is possible to use an IC card of any specification, and furthermore, there is a possibility that the sub-cover may be lost. Can be eliminated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a state of attachment to an apparatus housing.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of an IC card cover.

FIG. 4 is a view showing the operation of the cover main body.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a conventional example.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing another conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Device housing 11 Card insertion opening 20 Cover main body 21 I / O cable lead-out part 22 Retaining part 30 Subcover body 40 IC card 41 Pull-out side edge

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] A cover main body attached to a card insertion opening formed in an apparatus housing; and a sub-cover body closing an I / O cable drawer formed in the cover main body. The sub-cover body is rotatably mounted on the cover main body, and is provided with a retaining portion for abutting against a pull-out side edge of the IC card mounted on the apparatus main body and restricting detachment of the IC card.
An IC card cover that closes the I / O cable drawer so that it can be opened. 2. The IC card cover according to claim 1, wherein said cover main body is rotatably mounted on an apparatus housing.