Patent ID: 6174186
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: G06K,H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A card connector for electrically connecting a card to a flexible printed cable, said card connector including a hollow insulator having a bottom wall, an insertion opening through which said card is received therein, and said flexible printed cable received in said hollow insulator, said flexible printed cable including a protruded terminal array portion, said card having a recessed terminal array portion, wherein said protruded terminal array portion and said recessed terminal array portion are arranged to be engaged with each other for electrical connection between said card and said flexible printed cable, the card connector further comprising:a slider movably accommodated within said hollow insulator, for movement within said hollow insulator with said flexible printed cable carried thereon;an urging member for urging said slider in an opposite direction to a direction of insertion of said card;a flexible member connected to said slider, for supporting said protruded terminal array portion of said flexible printed cable from a bottom of said protruded terminal array portion;said bottom wall of said hollow insulator being formed with a recess which extends toward said insertion opening, said flexible member connected to said slider being positioned in said recess before said slider is moved in said direction of insertion of said card to thereby prevent said card from abutting against said protruded terminal array portion of said flexible printed cable before a front end of said card abuts against said slider;a sloped guide surface formed in said recess, for guiding said flexible member to a flat portion of said bottom wall inward from an entrance of said recess when said slider is pushed by said front end of said card in said direction of insertion of said card when said card is inserted, to cause said protruded terminal array portion of said flexible printed cable to be fitted in said recessed terminal array portion of said card; andlock means for holding said protruded terminal array portion in a state fitted in said recessed terminal array portion of said card, against an urging force of said urging member.