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Switch for a card connector

  • US 6,399,906 B1
  • Filed: 11/02/2000
  • Issued: 06/04/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/05/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a card connector for removably holding a card having a write protect button, the write protect button having a predetermined height and being slidable between two positions in a recessed portion formed in an outer surface of the card;

  • a switch structure comprising;

    a first cantilevered contact spring urged so that an engagement portion of the first contact spring engages a part of the recessed portion of the inserted card corresponding to one slide position of the write protect button; and

    a second cantilevered contact spring extending along and in a same direction as the first contact spring and urged so that an engagement portion of the second contact spring engages a part of the recessed portion of the inserted card corresponding to the other slide position of the write protect button;

    wherein the slide position of the write protect button is detected based on displacements of the first and second contact springs toward or away from each other.

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