MEMORY DEVICES AND SECURITY SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR USE WITH SUCH MEMORY DEVICES

摘要

A memory device (10) with USB connectibility and a security system (110) associated with the device(10). The memory device (10) comprises a body (12) of generally rectangular shape that is dimensioned substantially as that of a conventional credit card and is of planar form of a thickness compatible with the height of an inner space in a standard USB interface slot socket. The memory device (10) has a USB connector (15) of a generally rectangular shape and similar thickness to that of the body (12). This USB connector (15) is movable from a stored condition in which it is disposed wholly within the outline of said rectangular shape and an in-use condition in which it projects outwardly of said rectangular shape. In one embodiment the USB connector (15) is mounted slidably in a slot (16) provided in the body (12) adjacent a side (57) of the rectangular shape. In another embodiment the USB connector is (15) mounted pivotably to be accommodated in a slot (16) provided in the body (12) adjacent a side (57) of the rectangular shape when in an out-of-use or stored condition and to project from that slot (16) when in an in-use condition. The security system (110) can accommodate the memory device (10) by interengaging fittingly both with the USB connector (15) and with the body (12) of the memory device (10).