Patent ID: 7710736
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: G06K,H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. An electronic circuit card, comprising: an enclosure including electronic circuits therein and having at least one set of electrical contacts on an outside surface thereof that are operably connected with the electronic circuits therein, the set of electrical contacts being positioned in a row extending in a direction across a width of the enclosure with one side of the row being adjacent an end of the card, a cover rotatably carried by the card about an axis extending across the width of the card on a side of the row of contacts opposite to the end of the card, the cover being rotatable by hand between at least a first position that engages the outside surface of the enclosure to cover the set of contacts and a second position that exposes the set of contacts sufficient for insertion into a mating receptacle, and a latching mechanism with first and second elements that hold the cover in the first position when engaged, the first element being installed in the cover and the second element being positioned at the end of the card, the first element being resiliently urged within the cover in a direction to engage the second element when the cover is in the first position but which is moveable by hand against the resilient urging to disengage from the second element, thereby to enable rotation of the cover about the axis away from the first position toward the second position.