Patent ID: 6129571
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
An IC card connector comprising:a plate-like connector housing having a card receiving compartment, into which an IC card is inserted through a card insertion slot provided at a front end of said connector housing, anda plurality of contacts, which are incorporated in said connector housing and are brought into contact with flat contacts provided on a lower surface of said IC card for information interchange;wherein:each of said contacts comprises an anchoring portion, a connect portion, and a V-shaped arm portion, said anchoring portion being fixed in said connector housing at a position below said card receiving compartment, said connect portion being continuous from said anchoring portion, said V-shaped arm portion being elastically connected to said connect portion and including a first arm portion which extends obliquely forward and upward from a pivot portion located centrally in said V-shaped arm portion and a second arm portion which extends obliquely rearward and upward from said pivot portion;each of said contacts is mounted in said connector housing in such a way that said connector housing engages with said pivot portion of said V-shaped arm portion so as to restrict downward movement of said pivot portion, a contact portion which is provided at an end of said first arm portion is positioned below said card receiving compartment, and a push portion which is provided at an end of said second arm portion is positioned in said card receiving compartment; andwhen said IC card is inserted through said card insertion slot, a tip of said IC card hits and pushes said push portions of said contacts downward, thereby rocking said V-shaped arm portions of said contacts around said pivot portions such that said contact portions of said contacts are lifted upward and brought into contact with said flat contacts of said IC card.