Surface contact card holder

#1. Field of the Invention

#The present invention generally relates to structures for holding cards in an electronic device and, particularly, to surface contact card holders for holding a surface contact card in a portable electronic device.

#2. Description of Related Art

#Many aspects of the surface contact card holder can be better understood with reference to the following drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the present surface contact card holder. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

#FIG. 1 is an assembled view of a surface contact card holder incorporated into a portable electronic device.

#FIG. 2 is an exploded, isometric view of the surface contact card holder in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

#The present surface contact card holder is suitable for portable electronic devices, such as mobile phones, PDAs, and so on. The surface contact card holder can be used for holding surface contact cards such as SIM cards, compact flash cards (CFs), multimedia cards (MMCs), and so on.

#FIG. 1 shows a surface contact card holder 100 for a SIM card 300 incorporated in a mobile phone/portable electronic device. The mobile phone and the SIM card 300 are exemplary applications for the purposes of describing details of the surface contact holder 100 of the exemplary embodiment. The mobile phone has a main body 200. The main body 200 defines a rectangular cavity 210 surrounded by four sidewalls 230 and having a bottom surface 232. An electronic board 220 is positioned on the bottom surface 232. The electronic board 220 forms a plurality of electrical contacts (not shown). A portion of one of the sidewalls 230 defines an arcuate surface 234. A rectangular protrusion 236 extends from the arcuate surface 234 and is tilted relative to the arcuate surface 234.

#The surface contact card holder 100 is configured for being received in the cavity 210, and includes a receiving seat 10, a cover 20, and a pivot shaft 30 connecting the receiving seat 10 and the cover 20.