Patent ID: 6976880
Filing Date: 2005-12-20
Classification: G06K,H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A card connector adapted for assembling on a PCB (printed circuit board) for data communication between an electronic card and the PCB, comprising: an insulative housing being flat and rectangle including a mating surface and a connecting surface corresponding to short sides of the insulative housing, a bottom face and two sides respectively adjacent to the mating surface and the connecting surface, and an assembling zone abutting to one of the two sides, wherein the mating surface having a mating slot, and a plurality of passageways going through the connecting surface and being defined in an inner side of the connecting surface; a plurality of conductive terminals received in the plurality of passageways, each terminal comprising a contact portion, an interferential portion and a soldering portion, wherein the soldering portion connecting with a signal circuit of the PCB; a guiding and restraining device cantileveredly assembled on the assembling zone of the insulative housing including: a shell assembled on a top of the insulative housing and connecting with an end of inspection circuit of the PCB; and a driven shaft fixed at a side opposite to the guiding and restraining device and adjacent to the connecting surface, wherein an end thereof protruding from the connecting surface and linking with the inspection circuit of the PCB, whereas another end thereof being cantileveredly free, and an arcuated portion formed on the middle of the driven shaft.