Hosiden Electronics Co., Ltd.

Toshio Sazaki

Yasuji Shibano

Hisao Toramoto

Akira Yamamoto

Jack

A card connector capable of preventing the contact pieces from applying a resilient contact force to a card when the card is inserted in and removed from the card connector. Thus, the card may be readily inserted and removed with a small force. If the card is not inserted in a normal posture with the wrong side up or with the rear end first, the card is automatically discharged from the card connector.

Card connector

In a plug with a cord, the plug body with a plurality of contacts received in its contact receiving holes has a clamper fixing slot in its rear portion and a clamper put on the cord having its core conductors connected to the contacts has a forwardly projecting coupling piece for engagement with the clamper fixing slot. The plug body is received in a cap having at its rear end a flexible cord protecting portion, through which the cord is led out of the cap.

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Nabari, Japan

Toshio Sazaki