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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2001
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
A Subscriber Identity Module connector ( ) includes an insulative housing ( ) having a front and a rear rows of recesses ( ), a plurality of terminals ( ) retained in the recesses with contact portions ( ) extending beyond a top surface of the housing for being horizontally exerted on by a SIM card ( ), and a grounding pin ( ) retained in a front portion of the recess of the rear row with a transitional portion ( ) extending upwardly and forwardly beyond the top surface of the housing for being horizontally exerted on by the SIM card. During insertion, a SIM card slides on the grounding pin and exerts horizontal force on the transitional portion of the grounding pin to form the working circuit after the contact pads of the card fully engage with the contact portions of the terminals.