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US 6,884,102 B2Granted
Smart card connector
AssigneeAmphenol-Tuchel Electronics GmbH
InventorsJochen Rumpel, Gerhard Braun
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Abstract
Smart-card connector (1) having a contact element support (11) within which contact elements are supported. A cover (12) is pivotably mounted at the contact element support (11). A cam (50) is provided at said cover (12) so as to bearing means (48) of the cover out of the pivot location at the contact element support in case the cover is improperly operated.
Claims14
A smart-card connector (1) comprising:
- a contact-element support (11) defining contact element bearing means (20), contact elements mounted in said contact-element support (11),
- a cover (12) comprising cover bearing means (48) pivotally mounting said cover (12) at the contact element support bearing means and defining a pivot location (22) for said cover (12) for movement from an opening position into a closed position,
- said cover (12) being pivotably mounted about a pivot axis (13) extending through said pivot location (22), and
- wherein said cover (12) is provided with cam means (50) adapted to move the cover bearing means (48) out of the pivot location (22) and into a relief position (36) when the cover (12) is opened a certain angular degree beyond the opening position.
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A smart-card connector (1) comprising:
- a contact element support (11) defining contact element bearing means (20) in the form of two oppositely located bearing recesses (20),
- a cover (12) comprising cover bearing means in the form of two oppositely located pivot pins (48) adapted to be inserted into said contact recesses for pivotably mounting said cover about a pivot axis (13), and
- two oppositely located cams (50) at oppositely located cover ends adjacent to said pivot axis so as to move the cover bearing pins out of the contact element support recesses into a relief position (36) when the cover is opened a certain angle degree beyond an opening position of about 60° of the cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.