Patent ID: 6900982
Filing Date: 2005-05-31
Classification: A45C,G06F,H01R

Abstract:
1. A multipurpose memory card connector comprising an electrically insulative housing and a slide mounted inside said electrically insulative housing and adapted to receive one of a set of memory cards, wherein: said electrically insulative housing comprises a receiving open chamber, said receiving open chamber having a front open side for the insertion of one of said memory cards and a plurality of guide grooves symmetrically disposed at two sides of said front open side and adapted to guide one of said memory cards into said receiving open chamber, a first set of terminals disposed at a rear side inside said receiving open chamber for the contact of one said memory card, and at least one second set of terminals disposed near said front open side of said receiving open chamber for the contact of one said memory card respectively; said slide is mounted inside said receiving open chamber of said electrically insulative housing and movable in said receiving open chamber upon insertion of one said memory card, having a first stop face disposed at a rear bottom side thereof and at least one second stop face respectively spaced from said first stop face at a distance, said first stop face and said at least one second stop face being adapted to receive insertion force from one said memory card for enabling said slide to be moved in said receiving open chamber at a distance subject to the type of the memory card being inserted into said receiving open chamber.