Patent ID: 7632151
Filing Date: 2009-12-15
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A card reader comprising: a circuit board, said circuit board comprising a USB connection interface at a front part thereof; an electrically insulative inner shell bonded to the front part of said circuit board outside said USB connection interface and defining with a top wall of said circuit board an accommodation space; a card connector mounted in said accommodation space and electrically connected to said circuit board for receiving and reading a memory card, said card connector comprising a base and a receiving space defined within said base for receiving a memory card; a guide member connected to a rear part of said circuit board, said guide member defining a sliding way disposed in line with said receiving space of said card connector for guiding a memory card into said receiving space of said card connector; and an outer metal shielding shell surrounding said circuit board, said electrically insulative inner shell, said card connector and said guide member outside said accommodation space, said outer metal shielding shell having an opening corresponding to the USB connection interface of said circuit board wherein said guide member comprises a plurality of protruding retaining portions symmetrically disposed at two opposite lateral sides thereof; said outer metal shielding shell comprises a plurality of retaining holes respectively fastened to said protruding retaining portions of said guide member.