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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2015
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Tanaka, Hamura Tokyo, JP;
Masaya Hirashima, Ome Tokyo, JP;
Satoru Yasui, Kokubunji Tokyo, JP;
Mayumi Machino, Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A card connector includes a base, a shell and a contact. The contact has a contact portion, a first elastic portion and a second elastic portion. The contact portion abuts an electrode of an IC card inserted into a slot between the base and the shell. The first elastic portion extends from the contact portion in an insertion direction of the IC card and has a first end fixed to the base. The second elastic portion extends from the contact portion in an ejection direction of the IC card and has a second end fixed to the base.