Patent ID: 7466555
Filing Date: 2008-12-16
Classification: G06K,H01R

Abstract:
1. A card connector assembly having a card misinsertion preventive structure, the card connector assembly comprising: a combination of two card connectors, each with an insertion opening facing front to insert a card from outside; a front cover placed in front of the combination of the card connectors and having a slot means provided corresponding to positions of the insertion openings of the card connectors, respectively, so as to enable a card to be inserted into respective one of the card connectors from the front through the slot means; and a shutter which has two planes intersecting each other substantially perpendicularly, and which is placed between the front cover and the combination of the card connectors so as to be pivotal around a pivot axis provided at or near the intersection of the two planes, the shutter being pivotally supported by the front cover, wherein in the absence of a card inserted in any one of the card connectors, the shutter allows any one of the insertion openings of the card connectors to be open to the front of the front cover so as to make it possible to insert a card from outside into any one of the card connectors through the slot means, while when a card is inserted in one of the card connectors, the shutter covers the insertion opening of the other one of the card connectors so as to prevent insertion of a further card from outside into the other one of the card connectors.