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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2008
Yasuyoshi Matsumoto, Yamato, JP;
Mitsuhiro Tomita, Yamato, JP;
Jun Matsukawa, Yamato, JP;
Kazuo Matsukawa, Legal Representative, Fukushima, JP;
Yuji Naito, Yamato, JP;
Yasuyoshi Matsumoto, Yamato, JP;
Mitsuhiro Tomita, Yamato, JP;
Jun Matsukawa, Yamato, JP;
Kazuo Matsukawa, legal representative, Fukushima, JP;
Yuji Naito, Yamato, JP;
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
A card connector is adapted to receive first and second electronic cards, each having a plurality of contact pads. The second card being wider than the first card. The connector includes an insulative housing with a plurality of first and second terminals mounted therein for engaging respective ones of the contact pads of the electronic cards when the cards are inserted into the connector. A cover member is pivotally mounted on the housing to permit movement of the cover member between an open position at which one of said first and second electronic cards may be inserted and a closed position at which the electronic card inserted into the cover is operatively positioned within the connector. The cover member has first and second sets of positioning members configured to position and hold electronic cards exclusively at the desired location for such card and wherein some of the positioning members of the first set also act as positioning members of the second set.