Patent ID: 6409529
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card connector comprising:an insulative housing defining a front and a rear rows of recesses on a top surface thereof; a plurality of terminals retained in the recesses, each terminal having a contact portion extending beyond the top surface of the housing, one of the terminals being a grounding terminal, the grounding terminal having an abutment leg; and a grounding pin having a mounting portion retained in one of the front row recesses, a solder portion adapted for contacting grounding pad of a printed circuit board, an abutment portion located below the abutment leg of the grounding terminal, and a folded contact portion between the mounting portion and the abutment portion, the folded contact portion having a transitional portion extending beyond the top surface of the housing in front of the contact portions of the terminals, the transitional portion of the folded contact portion being rearwardly and downwardly moveable by a SIM card to move the abutment portion upwardly to abut the abutment portion of the grounding terminal.