Patent ID: 6461175
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An IC card connector comprising:a housing having a plurality of terminal members, arranged side by side and having an IC card connected thereto, and a pair of guide sections oppositely faced to each other with a space into which said IC card is inserted being held therebetween, and for use in guiding said IC card to a position where it is connected with said housing, wherein each of said guide sections is provided with a grounding terminal contacting each of earth terminals arranged at both sides opposing against a direction crossing at a right angle with an inserting direction in said IC card, each of said grounding terminals is of the same shape and provided with a leg section extending in a height direction of each of said guide sections and contacted with an earth pattern of a circuit substrate, and an arm section extending from said leg section toward a longitudinal direction of each of said guide sections, said arm section is formed with a first expanded section and a second expanded section at its upper and lower parts, each of said first expanded section and said second expanded section protrudes to opposite front and rear sides, said first expanded section at one of said grounding terminals is contacted with one of said earth terminals and said second expanded section at the other grounding terminal is contacted with the other earth terminal.