Patent ID: 8152541
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A card connector having an erroneous insertion preventing mechanism for preventing erroneous insertion of a card having a width smaller than a specified width, the card connector comprising: a body including a plurality of contacts arranged in a width direction which is perpendicular to an inserting direction and parallel to a major plane of an inserted card; a main wall member disposed at a position opposed to said body across an introducing space for guiding the card to said contacts; and an insertion preventing wall provided on an introducing space side on a bottom wall portion continuous with a base portion having said contacts and on an upstream side in the inserting direction relative to said contacts, said insertion preventing wall being formed monolithically with said bottom wall portion and extending in the width direction and substantially across a range in which the contacts are arranged; wherein said erroneous insertion preventing mechanism includes a restricting plate having a base end portion thereof at a center in the width direction, provided in said main wall member and a leading end portion thereof protruding toward said introducing space, the leading end portion of the restricting plate being pivotally supported through elastic deformation, said restricting plate forms, at opposed ends thereof in a direction parallel to the base end portion, contacting pieces which are deformed as coming into contact with opposed ends of a card in the width direction, which card has a specified width inserted into said card connector, thereby pivoting the leading end portion of the restricting plate to a position away from said card, and an plane extending in the inserting direction from the restricting plate crosses the insertion preventing wall.