Patent ID: 7494381
Filing Date: 2009-02-24
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A SIM card connector for connecting a SIM card with a printed circuit board of an electronic device, comprising: a housing having a lower portion adapted to be removably mounted on and cover the printed circuit board and an upper portion defining a receiving room for receiving the SIM card; and a connector body mounted in the housing, the connector body including an insulating panel and terminals, each of the terminals having a basic portion held in the insulating panel, a part of the basic portion tilting upward and extending into the receiving room of the housing to form a first contact portion for making contact with the SIM card, another part of the basic portion tilting downward and extending below the lower portion of the housing to form a second contact portion for elastically touching the printed circuit board, the insulating panel defines terminal grooves for receiving the terminals, a receiving cavity between the terminal grooves, and a receiving opening parallel with the receiving cavity and communicating with outside, the terminal grooves are divided into two groups, one group of the terminal grooves is disposed in front of the receiving cavity, and the other group of the terminal grooves is disposed in rear of the receiving cavity and in front of the receiving opening.