Patent ID: 9257771
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A card connector in which a card-shaped storage medium having a surface and a plurality of card terminals arranged in positions recessed from the surface is inserted so as to be extracted, the card connector comprising: a card housing module in which the card-shaped storage medium is inserted; a plurality of connector terminals provided in the card housing module and configured to contact the plurality of card terminals of the card-shaped storage medium; and a terminal protecting member provided in the card housing module and configured to move between the card-shaped storage medium and the plurality of connector terminals in accordance with operations of inserting and extracting the card-shaped storage medium, wherein the terminal protecting member comprises (i) coated portion configured to maintain the plurality of connector terminals in a state of being in no contact with the card-shaped storage medium while the card-shaped storage medium is inserted in the card housing module up to contact positions where the plurality of card terminals contact the plurality of connector terminals, (ii) a first inclined plane which guides the plurality of connector terminals in a direction of moving away from the card-shaped storage medium and urges the plurality of connector terminals to retreat to the coated portion when the card-shaped storage medium is inserted, and (iii) a second inclined plane which guides each of the plurality of connector terminals urged to retreat to the coated portion, toward the card-shaped storage medium, when the card-shaped storage medium is inserted, wherein the second inclined plane guides the plurality of connector terminals in the direction of moving away from the card-shaped storage medium and urges the plurality of connector terminals to retreat to the coated portion when the card-shaped storage medium is extracted, and the coated portion comprises through holes which intervene between the plurality of connector terminals and the plurality of card terminals and urge the plurality of connector terminals to contact the plurality of card terminals when the card-shaped storage medium is inserted in the contact positions of the card housing module.