Electrical card connector with a flange-like plane portion for guiding insertion of a card
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorsYong-Jia Wang, Liang Sun
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Abstract
A card connector, comprising: an insulative housing having a base, first and second sidewalls extending upwardly from two opposite sides of the base, a card receiving space defined by the base and the first and second sidewalls; a plurality of contacts held within the housing, the contacts having contact sections extending beyond the base; a pair of detecting switches including a stable switch and a movable switch both around a region located backwardly of the first sidewall; and a flange-like plane portion on said first sidewall and essentially vertical to said first sidewall, a front guiding entrance defined by said flange-like plane portion, the first sidewall, the second sidewall and the base.
Claims20
A card connector, comprising:
- an insulative housing having a base, first and second sidewalls extending upwardly from two opposite sides of the base;
- a plurality of contacts held within the housing, the contacts having contact sections extending beyond the base;
- a pair of detecting switches including a stationary switch and a movable switch both located around the second sidewall;
- and
- a flange-like plane portion on said second sidewall and substantially vertical to said second sidewall, a card receiving space defined by the base, the first sidewall and the flange-like plane portion, a front entrance defined by said flange-like plane portion, the second sidewall and the base;
- wherein
- the movable switch is received in the entrance.
An electrical card connector comprising:
- an insulative housing defining an elongated main body, along a lengthwise direction, with a plurality of passageways extending in a front-to-back direction perpendicular to said lengthwise direction;
- a pair of raised walls extending, at two opposite ends of the housing, beyond a top face of the housing wherein one of said raised walls further defines a flange horizontally extending inwardly in said lengthwise direction;
- a plurality of contacts disposed in the corresponding passageways, respectively, each of said contacts defining a deflectable contacting section extending above the top face;
- and
- a metallic shell assembled upon the housing and including a top plate cooperating with the top face;
- wherein
- said flange cooperates with the other of said raised walls, the top plate, and the top face to define a card receiving cavity therebetween.
An electrical card connector comprising:
- an insulative housing defining an elongated main body, along a lengthwise direction, with a plurality of passageways extending therethrough in a front-to-back direction perpendicular to said lengthwise direction;
- a pair of raised walls extending, at two opposite ends of the housing, beyond a top face of the housing wherein one of said raised walls further defines a flange horizontally extending inwardly in said lengthwise direction;
- a plurality of contacts disposed in the corresponding passageways, respectively, each of said contacts defining a deflectable contacting section extending above the top face;
- and
- a metallic shell assembled upon the housing and including a top plate cooperating with the top face to defining a card receiving cavity therebetween;
- wherein
- said flange is located at an insertion opening of said card receiving cavity and configured to be received in a front cutout of an electronic card when said card is received in the card receiving cavity;
- wherein
- a moveable switch contact assembled to the housing, defines a contact end positioned behind the flange in the front-to-back direction and configured to be engaged with a side edge of the electronic card beside said front cutout.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.