Patent ID: 7950945

Claim:
A Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card connecting device for electrically coupling a SIM card to a portable electronic device, comprising: a printed circuit board; one or more patterned contacts provided on the printed circuit board being coupled with one or more contacts formed on the SIM card; and a housing mounted on the printed circuit board in which the SIM card is inserted into/extracted therefrom, and wherein when the SIM card is inserted into the housing, the housing presses the SIM card toward the printed circuit board so that the contacts of the SIM card and the patterned contacts come into substantially pressurized contact with each other; wherein a plurality of the patterned contacts on the printed circuit board are formed having a domed-shape, so that the patterned contacts are pressed at least partially downward when they come into substantially pressurized contact with the contacts of the SIM card, whereby the SIM card and the printed circuit board are electrically coupled with each other via the patterned contacts and SIM card contacts being coupled.