# US 6,900,982 B2 · Multipurposes memory card connector

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- Number: US 6,900,982 B2
- Document ID: US6900982B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 10/694,856
- Filed: 2003-10-29
- Published: 2005-05-05
- Granted: 2005-05-31
- Earliest claimed: 2003-10-29
- Assignees: Teconn Electronics Inc.
- Inventors: Cheng-Tsai Chang; Chun-Chih Huang; Yu-Hui Chien; Yi-Fen Huang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US6900982B2

## CPC

- G06F 1/182: {with special features, e.g. for use in industrial environments; grounding or shielding against radio frequency interference [RFI] or electromagnetical interference [EMI]}
- A45C 2011/188: {Media card holders, e.g. memory cards, SIM cards}
- H01R 12/721: {cooperating directly with the edge of the rigid printed circuits}
- H01R 27/00: Coupling parts adapted for co-operation with two or more dissimilar counterparts ({for dissimilar contact members H01R13/35}; supported only by co-operation with a counterpart H01R31/00; with a holder adapted for supporting apparatus to which its counterpart is attached H01R33/90)
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- A45C: PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
- H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS

## Abstract

A multipurpose memory card connector includes an electrically insulative housing defining a front-open receiving open chamber, the housing having a first set of terminals disposed at the rear side inside and second and third sets of terminals disposed near the front open side of the receiving open chamber, and a slide slidably mounted inside the receiving open chamber, the slide having a first stop face disposed at a rear bottom side thereof and second and third stop faces respectively spaced from the first stop face at a distance adapted to receive insertion force from one of a number of memory cards for enabling the slide to be moved in the receiving open chamber at a distance subject to the type of the memory card being inserted into the receiving open chamber.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A multipurpose memory card connector comprising an electrically insulative housing and a slide mounted inside said electrically insulative housing and adapted to receive one of a set of memory cards, wherein:
said electrically insulative housing comprises a receiving open chamber, said receiving open chamber having a front open side for the insertion of one of said memory cards and a plurality of guide grooves symmetrically disposed at two sides of said front open side and adapted to guide one of said memory cards into said receiving open chamber, a first set of terminals disposed at a rear side inside said receiving open chamber for the contact of one said memory card, and at least one second set of terminals disposed near said front open side of said receiving open chamber for the contact of one said memory card respectively;
said slide is mounted inside said receiving open chamber of said electrically insulative housing and movable in said receiving open chamber upon insertion of one said memory card, having a first stop face disposed at a rear bottom side thereof and at least one second stop face respectively spaced from said first stop face at a distance, said first stop face and said at least one second stop face being adapted to receive insertion force from one said memory card for enabling said slide to be moved in said receiving open chamber at a distance subject to the type of the memory card being inserted into said receiving open chamber.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The multipurpose memory card connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said electrically insulative housing comprises a plurality of sliding tracks; said slide comprises a push block disposed at an inner side thereof, said push block having a plurality of top projecting rods respectively inserted into said sliding tracks of said electrically insulative housing and adapted to guide movement of said slide in said receiving open chamber, and two compressible spring members bilaterally backwardly extended from said push block and respectively stopped against a rear part of said electrically insulative housing.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The multipurpose memory card connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one second stop face includes one second stop face disposed at two sides of one set of terminals of said electrically insulative housing near said front open side of said receiving open chamber.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The multipurpose memory card connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one second stop face includes two second stop faces respectively disposed at two sides of two sets of terminals of said electrically insulative housing near said front open side of said receiving open chamber.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The multipurpose memory card connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said electrically insulative housing further comprises two sliding grooves bilaterally disposed above said guide grooves inside said receiving open chamber; said slide further comprises two sliding faces respectively coupled to said sliding grooves of said electrically insulative housing and adapted to guide movement of said slide in said receiving open chamber along said sliding grooves.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The multipurpose memory card connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the terminals of said first set of terminals and said at least one second set of terminals each have a contact end disposed inside said receiving open chamber for the contact of one said memory card, and a bonding end extended out of said electrically insulative housing for soldering to an external circuit board.