Patent ID: 6224398
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: G06K,H01R

Abstract:
An IC card connector comprising:a housing formed by molding with use of a synthetic resin, said housing having a base portion and a bottom wall; anda plurality of pin terminals arranged side by side on the base portion, wherein each pin terminal has a contact portion contactable to an IC card and a terminal portion solderable to a substrate board to fix IC card connectors, the terminal portion projects rearward from a lower surface of the housing, the contact portion is embedded in the base portion above the bottom wall of the housing;a single supporting projection projecting downward is formed on said bottom wall of the housing, the single supporting projection is disposed below the contact portion of at least one pin terminal, forward of a row of the terminal portions of the plurality of pin terminals, and opposite to substantially a center of the row of the terminal portions, andthe housing is supported at three points on the substrate board by the single supporting projection and two of the terminal portions of the plurality of pin terminals having the largest amount of protrusion downward from the lower surface of the housing, the supporting projection is disposed, in the direction of the row, between the two of the terminal portions.