US 6,805,566 B2 · Memory card connector

Abstract

A memory card connector has an interior cavity for receiving a memory card. The connector includes an insulative housing having a rear terminal-mounting section at the rear of the cavity. A longitudinal side wall section extends forwardly from one end of the rear section at one side of the cavity. The housing is mountable on a circuit board. A plurality of terminals are mounted on the rear terminal-mounting section of the housing and have contact portions for engaging appropriate contacts on the memory card. A pair of switch terminals are mounted on the side wall section of the housing. One switch terminal has an elastic contact arm which may be engageable by the memory card received in the cavity and movable into engagement with a contact arm of the other switch terminal. A body portion of at least one of the switch terminals is engaged in a retaining slot in the side wall section of the housing. An L-shaped locking boss is disposed at an outside of the side wall section defining a locking space behind the boss. The body portion of the switch terminal has an opening through which the locking boss can be inserted to position the body portion in the locking space behind the boss and prevent the body portion and terminal from pulling outwardly of the side wall section. A soldering tab projects from a bottom edge of the body portion for solder connection to the circuit board.

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Dependent claims

A memory card connector having an interior cavity for receiving a memory card, comprising:

an insulative housing having a rear terminal-mounting section at the rear of the cavity, and at least one longitudinal side wall section extending forwardly from one end of the rear section at one side of the cavity, the housing being mountable on a circuit board;
a plurality of terminals mounted on the rear terminal-mounting section of the housing and having contact portions for engaging appropriate contacts on the memory card;
a pair of switch terminals mounted on the side wall section of the housing, one switch terminal having an elastic contact arm which may be engageable by the memory card received in the cavity and movable into engagement with a contact arm of the other switch terminal;
complementary interengaging mounting means between at least one of the switch terminals and said longitudinal side wall section of the housing and including an L-shaped locking boss at an outside of the side wall section defining a locking space behind the boss, and an opening in a body portion of the at least one switch terminal through which said locking boss can be inserted to position the body portion in the locking space behind the boss and prevent the body portion from pulling outwardly of the side wall section;
and
said at least one switch terminal having a soldering tab projecting from a bottom edge of the body portion for solder connection to the circuit board.

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A memory card connector having an interior cavity for receiving a memory card, comprising:

an insulative housing having a rear terminal-mounting section at the rear of the cavity, and at least one longitudinal side wall section extending forwardly from one end of the rear section at one side of the cavity, the housing being mountable on a circuit board, and including an L-shaped locking boss at an outside of the side wall section defining a locking space behind the boss;
a plurality of terminals mounted on the rear terminal-mounting section of the housing and having contact portions for engaging appropriate contacts on the memory card;
a first switch terminal stamped and formed of conductive sheet metal material and including a generally planar body portion engaged in a narrow retaining slot in the side wall section of the housing, a soldering tab projecting from a bottom edge of the body portion for solder connection to the circuit board, and an elastic contact arm projecting from the body portion and engageable by the memory card received in the cavity;
and
a second switch terminal stamped and formed of conductive sheet metal material and including a generally planar body portion inserted into a narrow retaining slot in the side wall section of the housing, a contact arm projecting from the body portion and engageable by the elastic contact arm of the first switch terminal, a soldering tab projecting from a bottom edge of the body portion for solder connection to the circuit board, and an opening in the body portion through which said locking boss can be inserted to position the body portion in the locking space behind the boss and prevent the body portion from pulling outwardly of the side wall section.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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