Patent ID: 6767232
Filing Date: 2004-07-27
Classification: G06K,H01R

Abstract:
An electrical card connector for connecting an electrical card to an electronic device, comprising:an insulative housing having a receptacle portion; a plurality of conductive terminals mounted in the insulative housing; a shell shielding the insulative housing, the shell having a generally planar top wall and a T-shaped pad extending downwardly and perpendicularly from one side of the top wall; and first and second switch contacts secured in the housing, the first and second switch contacts having first and second contact portions extending into the receptacle portion of the housing and being successively pushable outwardly by the electrical card inserted into the receptacle portion to electrically connect with the pad of the shell; wherein the pad of the shell comprises two upper opposite contact ends for respectively engaging with the switch contacts; wherein the pad of the shell comprises a notch at a lower portion thereof, and wherein the insulative housing has a latch engaging with the notch; wherein the first switch contact and the second switch contact respectively has a first holdings portion and a second holding portion, the second holding portion being shorter than the first holding portion; wherein â€ƒthe electronic card disposed in the receptacle portion and defining a recess on a side thereof; wherein â€ƒduring assembling, initially the electronic card is partially inserted into the receptacle portion with the first contact portion being outwardly deflected, by means of the card, to be mechanically and electrically engaged with one of the contact ends of the pad, and successively the electronic card is fully inserted into the receptacle portion with the second contact portion being outwardly deflected, by means of the card, to be mechanically and electrically engaged with the other one of the contact ends of the pad while said first contact portion resuming in an undeflected manner without engagement with the shell and received in the recess; wherein â€ƒthe second switch contact includes the second contact portion extending upwardly and laterally from a rear end of the second holding portion, the second contact portion is in the same vertical line with the first holding portion and above the first holding portion.