Patent ID: 6700788
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A connector device for cards provided with a housing having an accommodating section permitting insertion of both a short and thin first card and a second card longer and thicker than the first card, a plurality of first connector terminals to be connected to the contact terminal section of the first card, and a plurality of second connector terminals to be connected to the contact terminal section of the second card, the first and second connector terminals being respectively arranged towards an inlet and towards a deep end in a card inserting direction in the accommodating section, wherein the first connector terminals are made up of elastic pieces each having a contact supported on one end side by a bottom of the accommodating section in a cantilever way and protruding into the accommodating section on another end side; wherein the accommodating section is provided with a pressing member to suppress the first connector terminals to press down the contacts towards the bottom of the accommodating section; wherein when the first card is inserted, the pressing member is not displaced but the contacts of the first connector terminals and the contact terminal section of the first card come into contact with each other; and wherein when the second card is inserted, a bottom face of the second card and the pressing member come into contact with each other to displace the pressing member, the displacement causing the contacts of the first connector terminals to be pressed down to a position in which they do not come into contact with the bottom face of the second card.