Patent ID: 6120328
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: G06K,H01R

Abstract:
A switching apparatus for mounting on a circuit board that has a switch trace, and for being switched by a card that is moved closely over said circuit board, comprising:a support plate of insulative material for mounting on said circuit board;a contact having a rear portion mounted on said support plate, a pair of laterally-spaced blades (162) generally extending at a forward-upward incline from said rear portion and having card-engaging locations, and a switch beam lying between said blades and having a first beam end coupled to said blades to be depressed when said blades are depressed, and said beam having a second beam free end for lying over said trace of said circuit board;said second beam free end lying sufficiently below said card-engaging locations so a trace-engaging location on said beam engages said trace while said card-engaging locations lie above said trace-engaging location.