Patent ID: 6231365
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: G06K,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A memory card connector comprising:an elongated housing for holding a memory card with said memory card positioned longitudinally in said housing;said housing including terminal structure connectable with said memory card;a pivot shaft connected to said housing,a cover pivotably connected on said pivot shaft at one of two opposite cover sides to said housing along one of two opposite sides;said cover in a closed position covering said memory card and pressing said memory card to said terminal structure;a hinge piece on said cover one side;said hinge piece including at least a first section that in a cover closed condition is in a girding contact with a bottom side of said pivot shaft over a contact course of up to about 180 degrees;said hinge piece including at least a second section that in a cover closed condition is in a girding contact with said bottom side in a contact of more than 180 degrees; andsaid contact course of said first and said second sections being in contact with a top side of said pivot shaft when said cover is in a cover open position, whereby a levering force applied against said cover tending to separate said hinge piece from said pivot shaft, lifts said first and second sections upwardly from said pivot shaft without frangible obstruction to such movement.