Patent ID: 7232343
Filing Date: 2007-06-19
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A terminal-protective card connector comprising: a housing having an opening formed at a front end thereof, at least two groups of terminals being mounted to said housing and extending into said housing and defined as a first group of terminals and a second group of terminals respectively, said first group of terminals being located at a rear end in said housing, said second group of terminals being located at a bottom side in said housing and in front of said first group of terminals, each of said terminals in the second group being elastically raised and having a contact portion formed at a distal end thereof, said housing having a rectangular receiving portion recessed thereon and located below said contact portions, and two stopping portions formed at respective bottom sides of at least one pair of opposite lateral edges of said receiving portion; and a rectangular pressing member vertically movably mounted in said receiving portion, said pressing member having two stopped portions formed at least one pair of opposite lateral edges thereof and corresponding to said stopping portions of said housing, and a plurality of through holes formed therethrough; wherein said terminals in the second group are raised against a bottom side of said pressing member, and said contact portions extend through bottom sides and then top sides of said through holes to be exposed above said pressing member.