Smart card connector
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorHung Chi Yu
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Abstract
An electrical connector (100) for a card (5) includes an insulative housing (1), a number of contacts (2) received in the housing and a shell (4) attached to the housing. The housing includes a bottom wall (11) having a number of passageways (111) and a number of support portions (113) extending from lower portion of the bottom wall and partially covering bottom surface of corresponding passageways. Each contact has a contact portion (22) having an upper convex portion upwardly projecting for contacting with the inserted card. Each of the contact portions comprises an abutting portion (24) having a lower convex surface downwardly projecting for abutting against the support portion. The contact portions and the abutting portions are opposite to each other in a top-to-bottom direction.
Claims15
An electrical connector mounted on a printed circuit board, comprising:
- an insulative housing having a-bottom wall defining a plurality of passageways;
- and
- a plurality of contacts received in corresponding passageways and each having a contact portion upwardly projecting beyond the insulative housing and an abutting portion extending downwardly from the contact portion for abutting against the bottom wall;
- wherein the contact portion and the abutting portion are substantially opposite to each other in a top-to-bottom direction, the abutting portion having a downwardly projecting convex surface.
An electrical connecter mounted on a print circuit board, comprising:
- an insulative housing having a bottom wall;
- a plurality of contacts received in the housing and each having a contact portion upwardly projecting beyond the insulative housing and an abutting portion downwardly extending from a distal end of the contact portion to abut against at least one portion of the bottom wall;
- and
- a shell attached to the housing defining a space of receiving a card;
- wherein the bottom wall defines a plurality of passageways, each abutting portion of the contact being received in a corresponding passageway;
- wherein the abutting portion of each contact projects downwardly through a corresponding passageway for abutting against at least one portion of a corresponding support portion.
An electrical connector for use with an electronic card, comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a plurality of passageways along a longitudinal direction;
- a plurality of contacts disposed in the corresponding passageways, respectively;
- a plurality of openings extending through the housing in a vertical direction and communicating with the corresponding passageways, respectively;
- first and second planes defined in each of the passageways and by two sides of the corresponding opening;
- and
- each of said contacts defining a first section downwardly seated upon the first plane and second section downwardly seated upon the second plane;
- wherein
- said passageways are open to an exterior in said vertical direction opposite to the corresponding openings, respectively;
- wherein
- said terminal is deflected in said vertical direction when used with the card.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.