Patent ID: 6702598
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector for fastening a memory card including a plurality of pins at a lower side and a locking recess at either side, the connector comprising:an elongated body including a lengthwise, central slot, two bases spaced apart by the slot, a plurality of conductive apertures on either base, and two shoulders at ends of the body, each shoulder including two arms facing the slot, a groove between the arms, two L-shaped flexible walls on a back of the groove, a slit between the walls, two wells spaced apart by the walls, two indentations adjacent the wells, a hole recessed into either indentation, and a cavity; and two fastening mechanisms each including a top trigger member, an upper inward protrusion, a latched piece at either side below the protrusion, a lower inward projection, and two cylindrical pivot bars below the latched piece, the pivot bars being fitted into the holes in the indentation for pivotably connecting the fastening mechanisms in the cavity; wherein in fastening align the pins of the memory card with the slot prior to insertion, the insertion will be stopped once the memory card contacts the projections, and pivot the fastening mechanisms inward until the protrusions are snapped into the recesses of the memory card and the latched pieces are urged against the flexible walls respectively, thereby further inserting the pins into the slot, fastening the memory card widthwise and lengthwise, and electrically connecting the pins to the conductive apertures.