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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
May. 02, 2001
Wataru Oguchi, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The card connector device includes a header, the header having a plurality of contact pieces to be contacted with contacts of an IC card, a frame provided with a card receptacle portion contiguous to the header, and an electrically conductive cover member attached to the frame so as to cover the receptacle portion, the frame being formed with a switch portion which is operated with insertion and ejection of the card. The switch portion includes a contact plate which is pushed outwards with insertion of the card and a part of the cover member which is brought into abutment against the contact plate, the contact plate being brought into and out of contact with the cover member with insertion and ejection of the card.