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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2002
Filed:
May. 31, 2001
Kazunori Takei, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Kikuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Sadao Kuboi, Tokyo, JP;
Takanobu Yoshimi, Tokyo, JP;
DDK Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A connector for memory cards includes a connector body having side walls on both sides and a rear wall. The side walls are formed over their length with card receiving portions to meet shapes of side edges and the number of the memory cards to be used. The connector further includes card identification terminals made of a springy metal strip arranged in a plurality of steps in inner surface of one of the side walls, identification tabs arranged spaced from the card identification terminal prior to insertion of a card, for identifying an existence of an inserted card with the aid of the contact between the inserted card and the card identification terminal, and terminals suitably arranged on the rear wall for writing electronic information into cards and reading stored information from cards. Each of the card identification terminals includes a contact portion to contact the card, a fixing portion to be fixed to the connector body, and a connection portion to be connected to a board and further includes an engaging portion on an extension of the contact portion, which engaging portion engages an anchoring portion of each of insertion grooves formed in the connector body.