Card connector and production method
US5013255A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 19, 1989 |
| Grant date | May 7, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 19, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R13/405
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A connector is described with a slot for receiving an electronic memory card and with multiple terminals (32, 34 in FIG. 1) that engage card contact regions, which can be constructed at low cost. The multiple terminals are produced by cutting a strip of sheet metal to form a row of parallel elongated terminals (32 in FIG. 11) that have mount portions (40) lying between first and second terminal end portions (31, 38), and with the second end portions held on a carrier strip (204). A frame (22) of the housing is molded around the mount portions of the terminals, and thereafter the terminals are cut free of the carrier strip. A microcontact device (44 in FIG. 2) for detecting full insertion of the card, includes a first contact with a bent zone (64) projecting a distance forwardly into the slot, to be rearwardly deflected by the leading edge of a card, out of engagement with a second contact. The upper slot walls have a downwardly-facing concave portion (106 in FIG. 6) lying over terminals that contact the card contact regions, to facilitate insertion of the card.
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