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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2001
Atsushi Uchiyama, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Toru Wagatsuma, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An IC card connector comprising a housing having plural connector terminals, guide frames disposed opposedly to each other at both side portions of the housing and having guide grooves in which an IC card to be connected to the connector terminals is inserted and held, an insertion port defined by the guide frames for insertion therein of the IC card, and shutter members for opening and closing the insertion port, wherein a thin-walled cutout recess is formed on the surface side of each of the shutter members for preventing abutment of the shutter member against an expanded portion formed on the surface or the back of the IC card when inserted into the insertion port.