Patent ID: 6325653
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A terminal connecting apparatus for a storage device having a terminal side face, on which a terminal portion is formed, said terminal connecting apparatus comprising:a frame for receiving said storage device;a conductive connecting member having a first end portion for contacting said terminal portion of said storage device; anda moving mechanism, mounted on said frame, for moving said first end portion of said connecting member toward said terminal portion of said storage device with the insertion of said storage device into said frame, whereinsaid moving mechanism has an oscillating member which is mounted on said frame so as to be oscillatable about an oscillating axis extending in a direction parallel to said terminal side face of said storage device and perpendicular to an insert-direction of said storage device, wherein the oscillation about said axis occurs due to engagement of said storage device with said oscillating member during insertion of said storage device, and wherein said first end portion makes electrical contact with said terminal portion and said oscillating member stops oscillating when said storage device makes contact with a stop surface of said oscillating member.