Patent ID: 6485319
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: G06K,H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector for making electrical connections with contact pads on the active face of a circuit card, comprising:an insulative frame with a frame face for substantially engaging said card active face, and a plurality of contacts mounted on said frame and having engaging ends lying above said frame face and being resiliently depressable to positions substantially no higher than flush with said frame face; a switch that includes an electrically conductive switch blade that is fixed to said frame and that has a first switch branch that lies in engagement with the engaging end of a first of said contacts before said first contact is depressed by a card, with said first contact having a fixed part that is fixed to said frame and a cantilevered free end portion that extends from said fixed part to said engaging end and that is depressable by a card out of engagement with said first switch branch by bending of said cantilevered free end portion.