Patent ID: 9236678
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A card socket contact terminal, the card socket terminal comprising: a plurality of contact points, each contact point being furnished on an electronic apparatus, each contact point contacting a card, the card holding various data or information, the card including a card terminal: a base for embedding in a connector housing; at least one main terminal, each main terminal being furnished in a number corresponding to the card terminals, each main terminal extending lengthwise in a cantilevered fashion from the base and terminating in a front end, each main terminal contacting a corresponding card terminal; at least one auxiliary terminal, each auxiliary terminal being connected both to the same card terminal to which the respective main terminal connects and to the respective main terminal, the auxiliary terminal being spaced apart widthwise from the main terminal and the auxiliary terminal further extending lengthwise in a cantilevered fashion from said base and also terminating in a front end, the auxiliary terminal and main terminal being joined together by a connecting part located between said base and the main and auxiliary terminal front ends, the connecting part further including an elasticity reinforcement hole formed therein and disposed between the base and the main and auxiliary terminals for facilitating elastic deformation of the main and auxiliary terminals without plastic deformation; each of the main and auxiliary terminals having an upward-tilting part extending obliquely from the connecting part toward the terminal front ends, and each of the main and auxiliary terminals further having a downward-tilting part that extends obliquely downwardly from the upward-tilting parts to the front ends thereof; whereby contact with said card terminal is possible via said auxiliary terminal even if said main terminal is damaged.