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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2007
Yasuyoshi Matsumoto, Yamato, JP;
Junichi Miyazawa, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsuhiro Tomita, Yamato, JP;
Hisato Takase, Tokyo, JP;
Ayako Ida, Yamato, JP;
Yasuyoshi Matsumoto, Yamato, JP;
Junichi Miyazawa, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsuhiro Tomita, Yamato, JP;
Hisato Takase, Tokyo, JP;
Ayako Ida, Yamato, JP;
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
A card connector is configured for receiving a generally rectangular card therein. The card has contact pads and generally parallel first and second sides with a cut-away portion formed in the first side in proximity to a front end of the card. The cut-away portion includes a short length extending from the front end generally parallel to the first side, and a tapered shoulder part extending from the short length to the first side. The connector includes an insulative housing with first and second spaced apart sidewalls that define a cavity therein for receiving the card in an insertion direction. A tapered surface is provided adjacent the first sidewall to guide an improperly inserted card at an angle to the insertion direction and a second sidewall recess is formed in the second sidewall to permit entrance of a corner part of such improperly inserted card. A plurality of electrically conductive terminals are mounted in the housing and configured to engage the contact pads of the card upon proper insertion of the card into the housing. A metal shell is also mounted on the housing.