Patent ID: 6383027
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: G06K,H01R

Abstract:
A microcircuit card connector having a housing with a card seat and contact blades intended to come in contact with conductive segments of the microcircuit, the blades being provided over a bottom of the housing against which a card is placed, wherein the housing includes a first border having an arm which is aligned with the first border, thearm being flexible to hold the card against a second border of the housing, the second border being opposite the first border, the flexible arm having at least one free end which elastically snaps towards the second border when the card is seated, thereby allowing the card to come to abutment in a predetermined position, further wherein the flexible arm is attached to a seat bottom by a foot which is centered on the arm and has two flexible tongues positioned on both sides of the foot, the foot and the two flexible tongues having releases to cover a portion of the upper surface of the card.