Patent ID: 7494380
Filing Date: 2009-02-24
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A multi-purpose multiple-slot card connector for use with a single card once only, comprising: a base frame having three slots defined as a left slot, a right slot, and an upper slot, a spacer formed at a bottom side of said upper slot for spacing said upper slot from said left and right slots, and a first hollow portion formed at a midsection of said spacer, wherein said left and right slots are adjacent to each other and spaced from each other by a partition and said spacer is located above said partition, said left slot, and said right slot; a horizontal swivel member having an axis and two stop walls, for leftward and rightward swiveling movement driven by an external force on said axis, said axis being rotatably mounted to said base frame and located between said left and right slots, said two stop walls each having an imaginary line extending outward to intersect with the other for a predetermined angle, wherein said two stop walls can be moved together with said swivel member to interfere with said left slot or said right slot while said swivel member swivels; a vertical pivot member corresponding to said first hollow portion and having a pivot shaft, a stop plate, and two extensions, for downward pivoting movement driven by an external force on said pivot shaft, said pivot shaft being pivotably mounted to said base frame and located at two lateral sidewalls of said upper slot, said stop plate extending outward from said pivot shaft, said two extensions extending toward a side from said stop plate and located above said left and right slots respectively, wherein while said pivot member pivots downward, said two extensions interfere with said left and right slots; and a plurality of terminals mounted in each of said slots.