Card connector

• US 7,491,074 B1
• Filed: 02/27/2008
• Issued: 02/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Tai-Sol Electronics Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lai, Yaw-Huey
• Primary Examiner(s): Dinh; Phuong K
• Application Number:
  US12/071,825
• Publication Number:
  US 20090061674A1
• Time in Patent Office: 356 Days
• Field of Search: 439/325, 439/327, 439/155, 439/159
• US Class Current: 439/159
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/0021 for reading/sensing record carriers having surface contacts

Abstract

A card connector includes a housing, a base, a slidable member, three of which are provided in the base and define a receiving chamber for receiving a memory card thereamong, and a spring. A tongue is provided on a sidewall of the housing. The memory card has a locating recess formed at one side thereof corresponding to the tongue. The slidable member includes a recession formed on a sidewall thereof corresponding to the tongue, and an opening cut through the sidewall and in communication with the recession. A hooked member is provided in the recession. The recession is provided with a first matching portion, and the hooked member has a second matching portion for joint with the first matching portion. Therefore, the card connector is structurally simple, of secure locking, and can effectively engage and prevent an electronic card inserted therein from falling-off.

Claims

1. A card connector comprising:

a housing having a tongue provided on a side thereof;

a base mounted in said housing;

a plurality of terminals mounted in said housing;

a slidable member mounted in said housing for reciprocating movement, said slidable member having a recession formed on a sidewall thereof corresponding to said tongue, and an opening cut through said sidewall and in communication with said recession, said recession having a first matching portion;

a hooked member mounted in said recession and having a second matching portion for joint with said first matching portion of said recession; and

a spring mounted in said housing;

wherein said housing, said base, and said slidable member define a receiving chamber thereamong for receiving a memory card, said memory card having a locating recess at a side thereof, said base is located at a rear end of said receiving chamber, and said slidable member is movable for reciprocation within said receiving chamber, whereby while the memory card is pushed to drive said slidable member to move toward said base, said tongue forces said hooked member to act in said recession;

while the memory card is inserted, said hooked member dips through said opening of said sidewall of said slidable member into said locating recess of the memory card located in said receiving chamber.

2. The card connector as defined in claim 1, wherein said first matching portion is a groove connected with said opening of said slidable member;

said second matching portion is a convex portion facing downward and movably mounted in said groove.

3. The card connector as defined in claim 2, wherein said hooked member comprises a head portion, a first arm, and a second arm, said head portion facing said opening of said slidable member, said first arm extending toward the front end of said receiving chamber, said second arm extending toward the rear end of said receiving chamber, each of said first and second arms having a first bottom side facing a sidewall of said housing, said two first bottom sides being connected with each other;

said tongue bends inward and comprises a rear arm extending toward the rear end of said receiving chamber, a front arm extending toward the rear end of said receiving chamber, and a bended portion located between said front and rear arms; and

said first bottom side of said second arm is stopped against said front arm of said tongue.

4. The card connector as defined in claim 1, wherein said first matching portion is a convex portion abutting said opening of said slidable member;

said second matching portion is a groove mounted onto said convex portion.

5. The card connector as defined in claim 4, wherein said hooked member comprises a head portion, a first arm, and a second arm, said head portion facing said opening of said slidable member, said first arm extending toward the front end of said receiving chamber, said second arm extending toward the rear end of said receiving chamber, each of said first and second arms having a first bottom side facing a sidewall of said housing, said two first bottom sides being connected with each other;

said tongue bends inward and comprises a rear arm extending toward the rear end of said receiving chamber, a front arm extending toward the rear end of said receiving chamber, and a bended portion located between said front and rear arms; and

said first bottom side of said second arm is stopped against said front arm of said tongue.

6. The card connector as defined in claim 3 or 5, wherein said head portion of said hooked member is wedge-shaped facing said opening of said slidable member and comprises a top facing said opening of said slidable member, a first lateral side connected between said top and said first arm, and a second lateral side connected between said top and said second arm.

7. The card connector as defined in claim 6, wherein said first arm of said hooked member further comprises a first end face connected with said first bottom side thereof, and a first should portion connected with said first end face, said first shoulder portion being connected with said first lateral side of said head portion of said hooked member;

said second arm of said hooked member further comprises a second end face connected with said first bottom side thereof, a second shoulder portion connected with said second end face, and a third shoulder portion connected with said second shoulder portion and said second lateral side of said head portion.

8. The card connector as defined in claim 7, wherein said second lateral side of said head portion of said hooked member, an end face of said opening of said slidable member, and an end face of said locating recess of the memory card closely contact one another while the memory card is inserted into the card connector.

9. The card connector as defined in claim 7, wherein said first bottom side of said second arm of said hooked member is stopped against said bended portion of said tongue while the memory card is inserted into the card connector.

10. The card connector as defined in claim 2 or 4, wherein said convex portion is column-shaped.