Patent ID: 7611056
Filing Date: 2009-11-03
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. An IC card connector to be used in common for first and second IC cards of different dimensions via a common card inserting opening, comprising: a card accommodation portion including a front section for accommodating said first IC card and a rear section formed at a position farther from said card inserting opening than the front section so as to partially overlap with the front section for accommodating said dimensionally different second IC card; a group of front contact terminals and a group of a rear contact terminals disposed in the front section and the rear section respectively, for electrical connection with said first IC card and said second IC card respectively; a locking/unlocking mechanism fixed to the IC card connector, and a contact pressing plate which selectively presses the group of contact portions of the front contact terminals to rotate away from the first or second IC card; wherein when the first IC card is inserted, the locking/unlocking mechanism retains the contact pressing plate in a first position wherein the contact pressing plate can rotate, but not slide, and when the second IC card is inserted, the contact pressing plate can slide between the first position and a second position, and when the contact pressing plate is in the second position, the contact pressing plate can rotate.