Patent ID: 6062878
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An IC card connector comprising:an insulative housing having a mating face and a mounting face opposite said mating face and a plurality of terminal passageways extending through the housing from the mating face and the mounting face, a pair of leading portions extending rearwardly from the housing and defining a space therebetween;a plurality of terminals received in the passageways, each terminal forming a mating portion extending beyond the mating face of the housing and into the space for engaging with an inserted IC card, and a mounting portion opposite the mating portion, the mounting portion having a solder end, the lengths of the mating portions of the terminals substantially being the same; andan elongate spacer integrally molded with and extending from the mounting face of the housing and defining a plurality of notches having different predetermined depths and being parallel to the corresponding passageways, each notch being aligned with and receiving the solder end of the corresponding terminal, the solder end of each terminal abutting against an end of a corresponding notch of the spacer, and one notch receiving only one terminal therein, whereby the mating portions of the terminals positioned in the notches with longer depths project beyond the mating face of the housing at pre-designated distances which are longer than those of the mating portions of other terminals positioned in the notches with shorter depths.