Alps Electric Co., Ltd.

Kazuki Satoh

Toru Wagatsuma

Toru Nishioka

Takashi Kawahata

A connector mechanism for a card, capable of being thinned, and a card adaptor having a connector mechanism for a card. A connector mechanism for a card, having an installation section () in which a card () having external connection sections is installed and having a terminal member () with which the external connection sections of the card () can come into contact. The mechanism further has a lift-up mechanism including a projection section () that once lift a front end section () of the card () upward and then causes each of the external connection sections of the card () to be in contact with a corresponding one of the terminals (-) of the terminal member ().

Card connector mechanism and card adapter having the card connector mechanism

Provided is a card connector including a first contact which is connected to a first card (card B), a second contact which is disposed toward an insertion port of the card from the first contact so as to be connected to a second card (card C), and a protection plate which protects the second contact from the contact with the first card. A guide piece which guides the bottom surface of the first card is formed in a housing in which the first and second cards are selectively mounted, and a support surface which is disposed in a position toward the insertion port and on the upper side from the guide piece is formed on the protection plate. The first card is inserted in a state where the leading end thereof is inclined more downward than the rear end thereof.

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Miyagi-ken, Japan

Kazuki Satoh