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AssigneeJapan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
InventorsAkihiro Matsunaga, Akira Natori, Masaaki Shimada, Keiichiro Suzuki
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In a connector including an insulator (21), a conductive contact (11) held by the insulator, and a cover (31) openable and closable for bring the card into press contact with the contact, the insulator has a holding portion (21) formed at its one end to hold one end portion of the card. On the other hand, the cover has an acting portion (33, 33a) to be engaged with the other end portion of the card to press the card towards the contact when the cover is closed. The card is mounted so as to face a principal surface (21a) of the insulator and brought into contact with a contacting portion (13) of the contact protruding on the principal surface of the insulator. The cover has a pivot portion to be rotatably engaged with the other end of the insulator.
A connector for use in connecting a card, said connector comprising:
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Utilising a cam, wedge, cone or ball also combined with a screw: mounted in an insulating housing having a cover providing clamping force
Using an arrangement for locking the inserted card: the locking arrangement being of the rotate-slide and lock type, such as, e.g. common in…
Electrically-conductive connections
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This application claims priority to prior application JP 2002-105954, a disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates to a connector (which may be called a “card connector”) for use in connection of a small-sized card-like object (which will simply be called a “card” hereinafter) such as a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module).
For example, a connector of the type is disclosed in FIGS. 11-16 of Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. H08-162199 (JP 8-162199 A). Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, description will be made of a typical structure of the connector.
FIG. 1 is a side view of a conventional card connector when a cover is opened;
FIG. 2 is a side view of the connector illustrated in FIG. 1 when the cover is closed;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a card connector according to a first embodiment of this invention, wherein a cover is opened;
Referring to FIGS. 3 to 6, description will be made of a card connector according to a first embodiment of this invention.
The connector illustrated in the figures is for use in connecting a small-sized card 41, such as a SIM card which is a module for identifying a subscriber such as a telephone subscriber. The connector comprises six conductive contacts 11, a resin insulator 21 having a generally rectangular shape and holding the contacts 11, and a resin or metal cover 31 pivotally supported at a first end 21-1 of the insulator 21. The insulator 21 has an upper or a principal surface 21a extending between the first end 21-1 and a second end 21-2 opposite to the first end 21-1.
Each of the contacts 11 has a leaf-spring contacting portion 13 protruding on the principal surface 21a of the insulator 21, and a terminal portion 15 connected to the contacting portion 13 and extending outward from the insulator 21. The contacting portion 13 has elasticity and is located at a position corresponding to each of a plurality of holes 21e formed in the principal surface 21a of the insulator 21. The contacting portion 13 can rise and sink above and below the principal surface 21a of the insulator 21 through the hole 21e.