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Card Connector And Method For Producing Housing Assembly

a technology of card connectors and housings, applied in the field of card connectors, can solve the problems of not realizing miniaturization, difficult to insert and remove memory cards into and from connectors, etc., and achieve the effects of reducing the overall height of the card connector, improving safety, and simple construction

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-11-06
TAKAHASHI HIROKAZU +2
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Benefits of technology

The solution achieves a card connector height of less than 2 mm, improves safety by shielding static electricity, and prevents erroneous card insertion through stable tray engagement and finger protection, while maintaining simplicity in construction.

Problems solved by technology

On the other hand, as the connector becomes lighter and more compact, it would become difficult to insert and remove a memory card into and from the connector.
Under such circumstances, the connectors constructed as disclosed in the Patent Literatures 1 to 3 could not realize the miniaturization of the connector such as a height of less than 2 mm owing to the number and thicknesses of parts and structural problems.

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[0046]One embodiment of the card connector according to the invention will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1A to 7B. FIG. 1A is a perspective view of the card connector with a tray drawn, viewed from the fitting side, and FIG. 1B is a perspective view of the card connector with the tray inserted, viewed from the fitting side. FIG. 2A is a perspective view of the card connector with the tray drawn and a card loaded, viewed from the fitting side, while FIG. 2B is a perspective view of the card connector with the tray inserted together with the card loaded therein, viewed from the fitting side. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the tray. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a button. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a housing integrally holding contacts and a metal plate. FIG. 6A is a perspective view of the contacts and a metal plate formed as one or integral unit, and FIG. 6B is a perspective view of the contacts and the metal plates, separated. FIG. 7A is a perspective view of a tray d...

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Abstract

A card connector into and from which a memory card is detachably inserted and removed, includes contacts adapted to contact connection portions of the memory card, and a housing for arranging and holding the contacts. Metal plates made of a metal are installed in the housing so as to extend onto both sides in the width direction of the housing. The metal plates are integrally provided with connection portions to be connected to a substrate. A tray made of a metal is provided for loading a plurality of memory cards therein, and either of both ends of the tray in its width direction is bent substantially into an L-shape, which bent portion slidably engages the metal plate. The connector achieves a reduced overall height such as less than 2.0 mm and is also superior in safety.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11 / 746,881, filed May 10, 2007, which claims priority to Japanese Application No. 2006-145,421, filed May 25, 2006 and Japanese Application No. 2006-345,308, filed Dec. 22, 2006, each of which is incorporated by reference in its entirety herein.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates to a card connector for use in a various electric and electronic appliances such as mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PDA), printers, card readers and the like for inputting and outputting signals into and from memory cards inserted into the card connector, and to a card connector having a structure achieving a reduced overall height of the card connector and being superior in safety of operation, and more particularly to a method for producing a housing assembly consisting of contacts, metal plates and a housing integrally formed as a unitary structure.[0003]In rec...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H01R24/00
CPCG06K7/0021G06K7/0034G06K7/0082G06K13/0831H01R12/714H01R13/6582H01R43/16H01R43/24
Inventor TAKAHASHI, HIROKAZUTAKEI, KAZUNORIKIKUCHI, HITOSHI
Owner TAKAHASHI HIROKAZU