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US 6,672,904 B1Granted
Memory card connector
AssigneeKingconn Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorYuan-Hua Chen
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Abstract
A memory card connector is constructed to include a housing, first terminals, second terminals, third terminals and fourth terminals installed in said housing for the contact of a SM card, a memory stick, a SD card/multimedia memory card, or xD memory card respectively, and a lever fastened pivotally with the housing and supported on a spring member for controlling the insertion of an assigned memory card into the housing.
Claims11
A memory card connector comprising
- a housing, said housing comprising a front side, a rear side, an open chamber extending to said front side for the insertion of a memory card into the inside of said housing, two stepped portions bilaterally disposed at a front side of said open chamber, a plurality of elongated slots and a recessed chamber arranged in a top wall thereof, and two locating notches symmetrically disposed at two sides thereof;
- a plurality of first terminals mounted in said housing for the contact of a memory card, said first terminals each having a first end inserted from the rear side of said housing into the inside of said open chamber and said elongated slots, and a second end curved downwards and then upwards outside said housing;
- a plurality of second terminals mounted inside said housing for the contact of a memory card, said second terminals each having a first end respectively inserted from the rear side of said housing into the inside of said open chamber and suspended below said first terminals, and a second end curved upwards and then downwards outside said housing;
- a plurality of third terminals mounted inside said housing for the contact of a memory card, said third terminals each having a first end inserted from the rear side of said housing into the inside of said open chamber and suspended below said second terminals, and a second end curved upwards and then downwards and respectively suspended between the second ends of each two adjacent second terminals, said third terminals include longer third terminals and shorter third terminals;
- a plurality of fourth terminals mounted inside said housing for the contact of a memory card, said fourth terminals each having a first end turned inwards at right angles and then backwards, and a second end turned upwards and then downwards outside said housing, said fourth terminals including a number of spaciously pitched fourth terminals to be alternatively arranged with said longer third terminals at same elevation;
- a lever fastened pivotally with a part inside said housing and transversely suspended in the front side of said open chamber for controlling the insertion of an assigned memory card into said open chamber.
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