Card reading apparatus

A card reading apparatus for insertion of an electronic card therein, the card reading apparatus comprising:

• an insulating housing having an insertion space formed therein and an insertion opening formed in a front thereof, the insertion opening communicating with the insertion space, wherein the electronic card is inserted into the insertion space through the insertion opening;
• and
• a set of control terminals including a first control terminal and a second control terminal, the first control terminal having a first retaining portion and a first elastic arm, the first retaining portion being positioned in the insulating housing, the first elastic arm having a push portion and an elongation portion, the push portion having a fixing end at an end thereof connecting with the first retaining portion, the push portion having a movable end at another end thereof extending into the insertion space and toward a rear of the insulating housing, the elongation portion having an end connecting with the movable end of the push portion to form a bent point, the elongation portion having a free end at another end thereof, the second control terminal having a second retaining portion, the second retaining portion being positioned in the insulating housing, and the free end of the elongation portion being disposed at a corresponding lateral side of the second retaining portion to form a gap therebetween in a normal status;
• wherein
• when the electronic card is inserted into the insertion space, the electronic card pushes the push portion, moving the free end of the elongation portion toward the second retaining portion to contact slidably thereon.