Patent ID: 6869302
Filing Date: 2005-03-22
Classification: G06K,H01R

Abstract:
1. A smart card connector which includes a base with opposite sides, the base having an insulative base frame with an upper surface, and the base having a plurality of contacts mounted on the base frame and having pad-engaging contact parts projecting above the base frame upper surface, the connector having a cover which holds a smart card that has a lower face with contact pads, the cover having opposite sides and being pivotally connected to the base to pivot from an open portion wherein the card is spaced from the base to a closed position wherein the card contact pads move against said pad-engaging parts of said contacts, wherein: the cover has a cover frame with opposite sides, and the cover has an electrically conductive locking member with side portions at said cover frame opposite sides, said locking member being slideable on the frame between locked and unlocked positions; the base frame has largely downwardly-facing base shoulders at opposite sides of the base, and the side portions of the locking member have lock parts that slide to a position under the base shoulders when the locking member moves to said locked position; and including a pair of resilient switch blades located at opposite sides of the base and positioned to engage the side portions of the locking member when the cover is pivoted to its closed position and the locking member is slid between said unlocked and locked positions.