Card holding member and card connector set

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016359269-A1
Application number	US-201615157577-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 18, 2016
Priority date	Jun 8, 2015
Publication date	Dec 8, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A card holding member is able to be inserted into a card connector via a sealing portion of an outer member and able to hold a card. The holding member includes a card holding frame portion, a connecting base portion, and a movable connecting portion. The frame portion opposing side surfaces of the card. The base portion integrally connects to the frame portion. The movable portion mounts on the base portion in the insertion/ejection direction of the holding member. The base portion includes a first sealed portion which engages a first sealing portion of the sealing portion and formed on the outer peripheral surface of the base portion. The movable portion includes a pressure receiving portion which engages a pressure imparting portion of the sealing portion. The movable portion is biased towards the insertion direction and positioned relative to the outer member when the receiving portion engages the imparting portion.

First claim

1 . A card holding member able to be inserted into a card connector via a sealing portion of an outer member and able to hold a card having terminal members, the card holding member comprising
a card holding frame portion opposing side surfaces of the card, a connecting base portion integrally connected to the card holding frame portion, and a movable connecting portion slidably mounted on the connecting base portion in the insertion and ejection direction of the card holding member, the connecting base portion including a first sealed portion able to engage a first sealing portion of the sealing portion and formed on the outer peripheral surface of the connecting base portion, the movable connecting portion including a pressure receiving portion able to engage a pressure imparting portion of the sealing portion, and the movable connecting portion being biased towards the insertion direction and positioned relative to the outer member when the pressure receiving portion engages the pressure imparting portion.

2 . A card holding member according to claim 1 , wherein the movable connecting portion includes a second sealed portion able to engage a second sealing portion of the sealing portion and formed on the outer peripheral surface of the movable connecting portion.

3 . A card holding member according to claim 1 , wherein the movable connecting portion includes an ejection auxiliary engaged portion able to be engaged by an ejection auxiliary member, the application of force from the ejection auxiliary member in the ejection direction sliding the movable connecting portion in the ejection direction.

4 . A card holding member according to claim 3 , wherein the movable connecting portion includes an engaging protrusion, the connecting base portion includes an engaged protrusion able to engage the engaging protrusion, and the connecting base portion slides in the ejection direction along with the movable connecting portion when the engaging protrusion engages the engaged protrusion.

5 . A card holding member according to claim 1 , wherein the movable connecting portion includes a cylindrical portion receiving the inserted connecting base portion, the cylindrical portion is inserted into the insertion passage of the sealing portion, and the space between the inner peripheral surface of the insertion passage and the outer peripheral surfaces of the connecting base portion and the movable connecting portion is sealed.

6 . A card holding member according to claim 1 , wherein the rear surface of the movable connecting portion is flush with the outer surface of the outer member when the movable connecting portion has been positioned relative to the outer member.

7 . A card connector set comprising a card holding member according to claim 1 , a card connector able to receive the card holding member when inserted, and an outer member able to receive the card connector when fixed.

Assignees

• Molex Llc

Inventors

• Motohashi Nobumasa
• Shimotsu Akihiro

Classifications

• G06K13/08

  Feeding or discharging cards · CPC title

• G06K7/0056

  housing of the card connector · CPC title

• G06K13/0812

  the ejection arrangement utilizing a push bar for manipulation by hand in order to eject the inserted card · CPC title

• G06K13/0831 Primary

  the ejection arrangement comprising a slide, carriage or drawer · CPC title

• G06K7/0021

  for reading/sensing record carriers having surface contacts · CPC title