Patent ID: 6786748
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: G06K,H01R

Abstract:
A smart card connector that has an insulative base with front and rear portions and laterally-spaced opposite sides and an upper card-receiving surface, the connector having a plurality of pad-engaging contacts mounted on the base, the contacts having pad-engaging portions projecting above said card-receiving surface for engaging contact pads on a lower face of a smart card that lies in an installed position wherein a face of the smart card lies facewise adjacent to said card-receiving surface, the connector including an electrical switch for detecting the presence of a smart card in said installed position, said switch including first and second switch contacts mounted on said base, said second switch contact having a contacting part and said second switch contact being resiliently depressable to change its contact condition between not contacting and contacting said first contact, wherein:said second switch contact includes a sheet metal switch blade and a depressable element of insulating material mounted on said blade, said depressable element having a top lying above all of said blade so a card in said installed position depresses said top of said depressable element to depress said contacting part of said second switch contact.