Patent ID: 6709281
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: G06K,G11B,H01R

Abstract:
A write protect switch in a card connector for detecting a slide position of a write protect button on a card, wherein when said card having said write protect button of a predetermined height, which is slidable between two positions in a recess formed in an outer surface of said card, is loaded into said card connector, the write protect switch detects the slide position of the write protect button on the card according to an connection or separateness of a pair of pieces of metal, said write protect switch comprising:a first piece of metal made from a stationary piece of metal wherein said first piece of metal also serves as a fixing metal for fixing a housing of said card connector to a printed circuit board; and a cantilevered second piece of metal having a holding portion at one end side thereof and a contact portion at the other end side thereof, said holding portion being rigidly held in a housing of said card connector, said contact portion being separably connected with said first piece of metal, said cantilevered second piece of metal also having a projecting portion between said holding portion and said contact portion, said projecting portion being adapted to come in contact with the recess; wherein said projecting portion is situated generally at a center position between said contact portion and said holding portion or on said holding portion side of said center position.