Patent ID: 8287293
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A card connector adapted for receiving a card, comprising an insulating housing having a bottom wall, a rear wall extending upward from a rear of the bottom wall, and two side walls extending upward from two opposite sides of the bottom wall and connected with two ends of the rear wall to define a receiving space thereamong for receiving the card, one side of the bottom wall defining a receiving trough extending along an insertion direction of the card adjacent to one side wall and communicated with the receiving space, the bottom wall defining a guiding groove extending longitudinally and adjacent to an inner side of the receiving trough; a plurality of conductive terminals received in the insulating housing and projecting into the receiving space for electrically connecting with the card; an ejection mechanism assembled in the one side of the insulating housing, the ejection mechanism including a sliding block slidably disposed in the receiving trough, an elastic element clipped between the sliding block and a rear face of the receiving trough, and a guide pin of an inverted-U shape of which one end is fastened in a front of the one side of the insulating housing and the other end is slidably located in the sliding block, the sliding block having a base body, a sliding body transversely extending sideward from a rear of one side of the base body to stretch into the receiving space for ejecting the card out, and a locking body extending frontward from a root portion of the sliding body and spaced from a bottom of the one side of the base body to define a positioning passage therebetween for guiding the card to enter the receiving space, a guiding block being protruded at a bottom of the locking body to be slidably located in the guiding groove so as to guide the slide of the sliding block; and a shielding shell covered on the insulating housing; wherein a gap is opened in a bottom of the sliding body, the sliding body is stretched in the receiving space with the gap longitudinally aligned with one of the terminal grooves; a first switch terminal which has an L-shaped first fixed portion fastened in one end of the rear wall away from the ejection mechanism, a V-shaped elastic portion connected with a front end of the first fixed portion to stretch into the receiving space, a connecting portion extending rearward from a front end of the elastic portion, a first contact portion and a second contact portion protruded at a bottom of the connecting portion, and a second switch terminal which has a second fixed portion fastened in the bottom wall and adjacent to the first switch terminal, and a contact arm curvedly extending frontward from a front end of the second fixed portion to have a substantial middle thereof exposed out through the top of the bottom wall, a top of a front of the contact arm defines a locating groove and a bottom of a substantial middle of the contact arm defines a notch, a junction of the elastic portion and the connecting portion is located in the locating groove to make the connecting portion located at one side of the contact arm opposite to the receiving space, the first contact portion electrically contact with the contact arm and the second contact portion electrically buckled in the notch, the elastic portion is pressed sideward by the card to make the contact portions depart from the contact arm in use.