US 9,001,501 B2Granted

Card tray and tray connector

AssigneeMolex Incorporated

InventorsMasamitsu Takasaki, Yuji Naito, Mitsuhiro Tomita, Naoto Yoshikawa

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Abstract

The Present Disclosure discloses a card tray including a top panel portion facing the opposite face of a card having terminal members on one face, a front panel portion standing erect at the front edge of the top panel portion and facing the front end of the card, and a rear panel portion standing erect at the rear edge of the top panel portion and facing the rear end of the card. The card tray further includes a notch portion formed in the front panel portion so as to expose at least a portion of the front end of the card, and a card holding spring portion disposed near the rear panel portion, biasing the card forward and applying pressure to the front end of the card in a portion other than the notch portion of the front panel portion. The card is grasped longitudinally to expose the entire face of the card on the terminal member side.

Claims7

Dependent claims

A card tray, the card tray comprising:

a top panel portion, the top panel portion facing the opposite face of a card, the card including terminal members on one face;
a front panel portion, the front panel portion standing erect at a front edge of the top panel portion and facing a front end of the card:
a rear panel portion, the rear panel portion standing erect at a rear edge of the top panel portion and facing a rear end of the card;
a notch portion, the notch portion being formed in the front panel portion and exposing at least a portion of the front end;
and
a card holding spring portion, the card holding spring portion extending from the rear panel portion, biasing the card forward, and applying pressure to the front end at a first portion, the first portion being a portion of the front panel portion other than the notch portion;
wherein the card may be grasped longitudinally to expose the entire face of the card on the terminal member side.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/727,922Filed 27 Dec 2012
Priority: JP 2011-28665927 Dec 2011
Published: US 2014/0016275 A116 Jan 2014
Granted: 7 Apr 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

B65D 1/34
Rigid or semi-rigid containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous…:…
G06K 7/0026
For reading/sensing record carriers having surface contacts: the galvanic contacts of the connector adapted for landing on the contacts of the…
G06K 13/0831
Using an arrangement for ejection of an inserted card: the ejection arrangement comprising a slide, carriage or drawer
G06K 13/085
Feeding or discharging cards: using an arrangement for locking the inserted card