Card holding member and card connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016261068-A1
Application number	US-201615044829-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 16, 2016
Priority date	Mar 5, 2015
Publication date	Sep 8, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A card holding member is provided which is able to hold a card having terminal members and which is able to be inserted into a card connector. The card holding member includes a frame portion, side frame portions, and a movable lock portion. The frame portion includes a front frame portion positioned forward in the insertion direction of the card holding member into the card connector. The side frame portions are connected at both ends to the front frame portion. The movable lock portion is positioned on a side frame portion and is able to engage and disengage from a lock portion on the card connector. The movable lock portion receives force from the lock portion of the card connector forward in the insertion direction when engaging the lock portion of the card connector.

First claim

1 . A card holding member able to hold a card having terminal members and able to be inserted into a card connector, the card holding member comprising:
a frame portion, the frame portion including a front frame portion, side frame portions, and a movable lock portion, the front frame portion being positioned forward in the insertion direction of the card holding member into the card connector, the side frame portions being connected at both ends to the front frame portion, and the movable lock portion being positioned on a side frame portion and able to engage and disengage from a lock portion on the card connector, the movable lock portion receiving force from the lock portion of the card connector forward in the insertion direction when engaging the lock portion of the card connector.

2 . A card holding member according to claim 1 , wherein the front end surface of the front frame portion presses against the front end portion of the card connector in the card insertion space when the movable lock portion engages the lock portion of the card connector.

3 . A card holding member according to claim 1 , wherein the movable lock portion is elastically displaceable in the transverse direction of the card holding member.

4 . A card holding member according to claim 1 , wherein the lock portion of the card connector includes a rear inclined portion facing the outside in the transverse direction moving forward,
the movable lock portion includes a lock side portion extending in the insertion direction, a rear inclined portion farther rearward in the insertion direction than the lock side portion, and a rear corner portion positioned at the boundary between the rear end of the lock side portion and the rear inclined portion, and the rear corner portion of the movable lock portion contacts the rear inclined portion of the lock portion of the card connector when the movable lock portion engages the lock portion of the card connector.

5 . A card holding member according to claim 4 , wherein the frame portion includes a metal portion composed of a metal plate and a resin portion coating at least a section of the metal portion on the periphery, the metal frame portion not being exposed to the rear corner portion of the movable lock portion.

6 . A card holding member according to claim 1 , wherein the side frame portions include inner frame portions facing the side ends of the card, outer frame portions including the movable lock portion, and slit portions separating the inner frame portion and the outer frame portion, the outer frame portions extending linearly in the longitudinal direction in the initial state.

7 . A card holding member according to claim 6 , wherein the frame portion includes a metal portion composed of a metal plate and a resin portion coating at least a section of the metal portion on the periphery, the outer frame portion has a laminate structure of laminated metal and resin layers, and the movable lock portion is elastically displaceable on the direction perpendicular to the lamination direction of the laminate structure.

8 . A card holding member according to claim 7 , wherein the metal portion includes a front metal frame portion, and the front end surface of the front metal frame portion is exposed to the front end surface of the front frame portion.

9 . A card connector able to receive an inserted card holding member according to claim 1 , the card connector including a lock portion able to engage and disengage from the movable lock portion.

10 . A card connector according to claim 9 , further comprising a front end portion in the card insertion space able to abut the front end surface of the front frame portion.

Assignees

• Molex Llc

Inventors

• Nagase Teruki
• Shimotsu Akihiro
• Tomita Mitsuhiro
• Hirayama Takaaki

Classifications

• G06K13/085 Primary

  using an arrangement for locking the inserted card · CPC title

• G06K19/07739

  comprising a first part capable of functioning as a record carrier on its own and a second part being only functional as a form factor changing part, e.g. SIM cards type ID 0001, removably attached to a regular smart card form factor · CPC title

• H01R12/722

  coupling devices mounted on the edge of the printed circuits · CPC title

• G06K13/00

  Conveying record carriers from one station to another, e.g. from stack to punching mechanism (conveying record carriers combined with another operation, e.g. with reading G06K17/00) · CPC title

• H01R13/62933 Primary

  Comprising exclusively pivoting lever · CPC title