Patent ID: 8822855
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A card connector adapted for receiving an electronic card therein, the electronic card having a controlling switch which is movable between a closed position and an open position for controlling a write procedure of the electronic card, the card connector comprising: an insulating housing having a bottom board, a pair of side walls protruding upward from two opposite sides of the bottom board, and a rear wall protruding upward from a rear end of the bottom board, a receiving room being surrounded among the side walls and the rear wall for receiving the electronic card therein, an inner side of one side wall defining an inserting fillister communicating with the receiving room and further penetrating upward through a top of the side wall; a plurality of electrical terminals disposed in the insulating housing and including a plurality of signal terminals and a switch terminal, the signal terminals projecting upward into the receiving room for electrically contacting with the electrical card, the switch terminal having a first fastening strip disposed in one side of the bottom board near to one side wall, a first soldering tail and a first contact arm extending from a rear end and a front end of the first fastening strip respectively, the first soldering tail projecting rearward out of the rear wall, the first contact arm elastically projecting upward into the receiving room for being pressed by the controlling switch of the electronic card or set free from the controlling switch, a free end of the first contact arm further protruding horizontally to form a first contact tail located beside the inserting fillister; and an upper shielding shell covered downward on the insulating housing, the upper shielding shell having a top plate and a pair of side plates extending downward from two opposite side edges of the top plate, a part of one side plate being die-cut to form a connecting slice inserted downward in the inserting fillister, a bottom edge of the connecting slice being bent inward to form a ground slice projecting into the receiving room, the first contact tail of the switch terminal electrically abutting under the ground slice of the upper shielding shell for disabling the write procedure of the electronic card when the controlling switch of the electronic card is at the closed position to set free the first contact arm, when the controlling switch of the electronic card is at the open position to press the first contact arm downward, the first contact tail of the switch terminal being separated from the ground slice to enable the write procedure of the electronic card.