Patent ID: 6902407
Filing Date: 2005-06-07
Classification: G06K,H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A contacting structure of a card connector, the card connector comprising a plurality of contact terminals arranged in parallel with one another along an IC card inserting direction corresponding to a plurality of external contacts of the IC card, wherein, among said plurality of contact terminals, at least two are contact terminals for connecting with a power source, among said plurality of contact terminals not including said contact terminals for connecting with the power source, at least two are contact terminals for grounding, among said plurality of contact terminals not including said contact terminals for connecting with the power source and further not including said contact terminals for grounding, at least one is a contact terminal for detecting whether the IC card has been loaded securely into the card connector, among said plurality of contact terminals, one of the at least two contact terminals for grounding comes into contact first with a corresponding external contact of the IC card, among said plurality of contact terminals, said contact terminal for detecting the IC card comes into contact last with a corresponding external contact of the IC card, and one of said at least two contact terminals for grounding and said contact terminal for detecting the IC card both come into contact with one external contact disposed at one of the outermost ends of a plurality of external contacts on said IC card.