Patent ID: 7448912
Filing Date: 2008-11-11
Classification: G06K,H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A multi-in-one card connector comprising: a base, said base comprising two upright sidewalls and a front insertion opening defined between said upright sidewalls, said upright sidewalls each having at least one stepped portion; at least two terminal sets respectively mounted inside said base at different elevations; a partition plate mounted in and movable inside said base; and a cover plate covering said base; wherein: said upright sidewalls of said base each have a downwardly backwardly extending sloping groove for guiding movement of said partition plate inside said base, and the stepped portions of said base define said front opening of said base into at least two entrances for the insertion of at least two different specifications of card members into said base; said partition plate is set between two vertically spaced terminals sets of said at least two terminal sets, having two opposite side edges respectively supported in the downwardly backwardly extending sloping grooves of said upright sidewalls of said base to guide movement of said partition plate forwards and backwards relative to said base between an upper limit position and a lower limit position, said partition plate moving both in a backwards direction and a downwards direction from said upper limit position to said lower limit position upon insertion of a card into an upper part of said front opening defined by said stepped portions of said base, said backwards direction being a card insertion direction; two spring members are connected between said partition plate and said base to impart a forward pressure to said partition plate and maintain said partition plate at said upper limit position when said partition plate is not being moved backwards and downwards by an inserted card towards said lower limit position.