20100165588 | ELECTRONIC CARD AND EXPANSION CARD COMBINATION - An electronic card and expansion card combination includes an electronic card, for example, vertical insertion type Express card defining a 34 mm card accommodation space and accommodating a circuit board with an electric connector, and an expansion card, which has a flat sliding holder base movable in and out of the card accommodation space and carrying an adapter terminal set that contacts the metal contacts of the circuit board when the flat sliding holder base is extended out of the card accommodation space, and an expansion plate pivotally coupled to the flat sliding holder base and carrying a matching terminal set that contacts the adapter terminal set for the contact of metal contacts of a chip card to be inserted into a card insertion slot defined in the flat sliding holder base and the expansion plate after the expansion plate is turned to out of the flat sliding holder base. | 07-01-2010 |