Patent ID: 6482041
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A card connector, comprising:a casing defining a cavity for receiving a memory card; and a plurality of terminals provided in said casing, each of said terminals having an inner contacting end located in said cavity for contacting with said memory card inserted in said cavity of said casing; and said contacting end of each said terminal including a plurality of serially arranged contacts, each of said contacts having the shape of a bend, and said bends of said contacts having tops at slightly different heights that gradually increase from outer side toward inner side of said cavity, wherein said contacting end having an elastic modulus and said serially arranged contacts are constructed such that said memory card received by said card connector is normally in contact with the innermost contact; further wherein said casing is provided at a top thereof with at least two elastic restraining legs, and a free front end of each of said restraining legs being provided at an inner side thereof with a protrusion which extends into said cavity of said casing; said protrusion and said plurality of contacts are positioned such that when said memory card loses contact with said innermost contact, said memory card will be in contact with another contact due to said elastic modulus of said contacting end.