Card connector
AssigneeYamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorShigeru Sato
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Abstract
A card connector for an IC card has a connector body, a card slot formed in the connector body, a cover for covering the card slot, and looking portions disposed in the connector body. The cover is pivotally supported at a first edge portion thereof by a pivotal pin which is supported by the connector body. The cover has a hook at a second edge portion opposite to the first edge portion. The cover can be moved with respect to the connector body along the pivotal pin. When the cover is moved along the pivotal pin in a closed state, the locking portion comes to engage with the hook of the cover, thereby restricting a pivotal movement of the cover for exposing the card slot or the card.
Claims15
A card connector for an IC card, comprising:
- a connector body;
- a card slot formed in said connector body, said card slot having a plurality of contact terminals adapted to respectively contact with a corresponding contact pad of said IC card when said IC card is positioned therein;
- a pivotal pin supported by said connector body;
- a cover pivotally supported by said pivotal pin at a first edge portion thereof and having a hook at a second edge portion opposite to said first edge portion, said cover capable of being pivotally moved about said pivotal pin to cover and expose said card slot and being moved with respect to said connector body along said pivotal pin in a closed state;
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- a locking portion disposed in said connector body and capable of engaging with said hook of said cover when said cover is moved along said pivotal pin in said closed state, thereby restricting a pivotal movement of said cover for exposing said card slot or said card.
A card connector for an IC card, comprising:
- a connector body;
- a card slot formed in said connector body, said card slot having a plurality of contact terminals adapted to respectively contact with a corresponding contact pad of said IC card when said IC card is positioned therein;
- a pivotal pin supported by said connector body;
- a grooved portion formed on said connector body;
- a cover pivotally supported by said pivotal pin at first edge portion thereof and having a locking protrusion at a second edge portion opposite to said first edge portion, said cover capable of being pivotally moved about said pivotal pin to cover and expose said card slot;
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- a locking member disposed in said grooved portion of said connector body, said locking member capable of elastically deforming in said grooved portion in response to a pressing force applied by said locking protrusion of said cover to engage with said locking protrusion when said cover is closed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.