Patent ID: 6454607
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: G06K,H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector for connecting to contact pads on a face of a smart card, which allows the smart card to be inserted in longitudinal or lateral direction, the longitudinal and the lateral direction being perpendicular to each other, which includes an insulative body having a horizontal upper face that lies in a horizontal plane, wherein the horizontal plane extends in lateral and longitudinal directions and is normal to a vertical direction, said connector including a plurality of contacts mounted on said body, each contact lying on a vertical centerplane that is normal to said lateral direction and each contact having first and second sides on laterally opposite sides of the centerplane, each contact having a width in said lateral direction and having a length in said longitudinal direction, said length being more than twice said width, and each contact having a projecting portion that projects above said body upper face when a smart card is not present, wherein:the projecting portion of each contact has a curved top part for engaging one of said contact pads, and each projecting portion has a lateral first side that extends at a downward and outward incline laterally away from said centerplane, at an angle to the horizontal that is at least 20Â° and no more than 70Â°, down to at least about said horizontal plane of said body upper face.