Kingston Assigned Patent

Kingston Technology Corporation, Fountain Valley, CA, has been assigned a patent (9,033,143) developed by Tang, Choon Tak, Irvine, CA, and Shiu, George K. L., South Pasadena, CA, for a “credit-card-sized carrier of both standard and micro form-factor flash-memory cards.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A multi-standard flash-memory-card carrier is about the same size as a thick credit card and fits into a wallet. The multi-standard flash-memory-card carrier has bays that accept flash-memory cards. Larger bays on one side receive SD cards and a Memory Stick Duo card, while micro bays on another side of the carrier receive microSD cards and Memory Stick Micro cards. A carrier spine sandwiched between top and bottom covers has openings forming the bays. Spring-clip tabs on spring-clip fingers fit into notches on the side of the flash-memory cards to secure the flash-memory cards into the multi-standard flash-memory-card carrier to prevent loss. The spring-clip fingers are movable parts of the carrier spine that are deformed during insertion of the flash-memory cards. Both micro and standard flash-memory cards can be carried in the same multi-standard flash-memory-card carrier that can be placed in plastic sleeves for credit cards in a person’s wallet.“

The patent application was filed on June 28, 2010(12/824,626).