Dkk Corporation

Hamano Shoichi

Uehara Yasushi

An electrical connector for an IC card is incorporated in an IC card reader for reading and writing data from and onto the IC card. A fixed contact piece has a main body extending through both ends of a mounting portion of the connector so as to be fixed to the mounting portion, and both ends as circuit connection terminals. The fixed contact piece further has an L-shaped projection piece having a sufficient elasticity. The contact portion of the L-shaped projection piece and the contact portion of a movable contact piece intersect substantially in a 'cross-shaped' figure and contact each other in point contact. With this construction, a complete electrical connection between contact pieces is achieved and the freedom in layout of printed wiring on a base plate is increased.

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Tokyo, Japan

Hamano Shoichi