Patent ID: 6126466
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A device for connecting an integrated circuit card, comprising:a housing having an opening for inserting therein an integrated circuit card;a plurality of terminals affixed to said housing in the manner of a cantilever, the free end side of each terminal being biased so as to protrude towards the inside of said opening;a pressurization restricting portion for restricting the amount by which each of said terminals protrudes into said opening;a resilient member, disposed at the inside bottom surface of said opening so as to be supported in the manner of a cantilever, for obliquely guiding the integrated circuit card, during insertion thereof, above the protruding ends of each of said terminals; anda lever member axially supported by said housing so as to be swingable, one end side of said lever member coming into contact with an insertion end of the integrated circuit card in order to cause said lever member to swing;wherein during insertion of the integrated circuit card, contacts of the integrated circuit card are kept separated from said terminals by said resilient member; andwherein when the insertion of the integrated circuit card is completed, the other end side of said lever member which has swung pushes said resilient member towards the inside bottom surface of said opening through the integrated circuit card in order to bring the contacts of the integrated circuit card and said terminals into contact with each other.