Patent ID: 7520780

Claim:
A device having an electrical connector for connecting an electrical memory card with contacts, wherein the electrical connector comprises a bottom plate made of insulating material comprising a plurality of first contact blades for contacting at least one land of the electrical memory card, wherein each first contact blade is elastically deformable and wherein each first contact blade is substantially parallel to each other first contact blade, wherein each first contact blade comprises: a top portion for connecting with at least one contact land of an electrical memory card, wherein the top portion projects from a top face of the bottom plate of the electrical connector; and a bottom portion for connecting with at least a conductive track on one side of a printed circuit board (PCB) including the electrical connector; the device comprising a protection element including at least one protection circuit that at least partly surrounds the bottom plate of the electrical connector and that is connected to at least one track on one side of the PCB connected to a detection circuit, wherein the bottom plate of the electrical connector comprises a second contact blade, wherein the second contact blade comprises: a top portion for connecting with the at least one protection circuit of the protection element; and a bottom portion for connecting with said at least one track connected to the detection circuit.