Patent ID: 8568174
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A card connector adapted for receiving a micro-SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card and a micro-SD (Secure Digital) card therein, comprising: an insulating housing having a base board, a first side wall and a second side wall protruding upward from two opposite sides of the base board, and a rear wall connecting with rear ends of the first side wall and the second side wall, an accommodating chamber being formed among the base board, the first side wall, the second side wall and the rear wall, one side of the base board defining two rows of openings communicating with one side of the accommodating chamber, a rear of the other side of the base board defining a window communicating with the other side of the accommodating chamber; a plurality of signal terminals disposed in the insulating housing with contact portions thereof projecting into the one side of the accommodating chamber through the openings respectively; a plurality of conductive terminals disposed in the insulating housing with touching portions thereof projecting into the other side of the accommodating chamber through the window; and a supporting tray defining a first receiving space and a second receiving space with front ends thereof being opened freely for receiving the micro-SIM card and the micro-SD card therein, respectively, the supporting tray together with the micro-SIM card and the micro-SD card being inserted into the accommodating chamber of the insulating housing, bottoms of the first receiving space and the second receiving space being further opened freely to make the micro-SIM card electrically contact with the contact portions of the signal terminals and the micro-SD card electrically contact with the touching portions of the conductive terminals; wherein a separating block protrudes upward from a substantial middle of the base board and extends longitudinally to divide the accommodating chamber into a first accommodating chamber with the contact portions projecting therein and a second accommodating chamber with the touching portions projecting therein, the micro-SIM card is located in the first accommodating chamber, the micro-SD card is located in the second accommodating chamber, the supporting tray has a base plate of which two opposite sides bend upward to form two lateral plates, two tops of the two lateral plates extend oppositely to form a first top plate and a second top plate, a plurality of first clamping plates of substantial U-shape from a front view is connected with a free side edge of the first top plate with the mouths thereof facing the corresponding lateral plate at a distance, a free corner at the rear of the first top plate is bent downward, and then bent inward to form a blocking tail, the first receiving space is formed among the first top plate, the corresponding lateral plate, the first clamping plates and the blocking tail, a plurality of second clamping plates of substantial U-shape from the front view is connected with a free side edge of the second top plate with the mouths thereof facing the corresponding lateral plate at a distance, a rear of the free side of the second top plate is cut off to define a gap which has a straight sidewall substantially extending longitudinally, and a tilted sidewall connecting between a front end of the straight sidewall and the free side edge of the second top plate, the tilted sidewall of the gap extends downward and then bends inward to form a blocking plate, two portions of the straight sidewall protrude outward and then bend downward to form two propping arms of which two free ends are connected by a resisting arm therebetween, the second receiving space is formed among the second top plate, the corresponding lateral plate, the second clamping plates, the blocking plate, the propping arms and the resisting arm, and a middle part of the resisting arm is flat arched inward to restrict the micro-SD card in the second receiving space.