Connector for a memory card

US9106028B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9106028-B2
Application numberUS-201013513873-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateDec 8, 2010
Priority dateDec 8, 2009
Publication dateAug 11, 2015
Grant dateAug 11, 2015

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A connector for a card having a housing for housing a card equipped with a terminal member, a connection terminal attached to the housing for contacting the terminal member of the card and a detecting switch equipped with a first contact member and a second contact member for detecting separation from each other and the insertion of a card into the housing, wherein at least the first contact member or the second contact member is equipped with a fixed portion fixed to the housing and a moving portion displaceable by the housing and unevenly mated with the housing.

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What is claimed is: 1. A connector for a card, the connector comprising: a housing, the housing being adapted to receive a card, the housing having an inner wall portion and a bottom wall portion, the card being equipped with a terminal member; at least one connection terminal, the at least one terminal being attached to the bottom wall portion and contact the terminal member; and a detecting switch, the detecting switch including a first elongated contact member and a second el…

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What does patent US9106028B2 cover?
A connector for a card having a housing for housing a card equipped with a terminal member, a connection terminal attached to the housing for contacting the terminal member of the card and a detecting switch equipped with a first contact member and a second contact member for detecting separation from each other and the insertion of a card into the housing, wherein at least the first contact me…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Matsumoto Yasuyoshi, Tomita Mitsuhiro, Fujikawa Takashi, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H01R12/714. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Aug 11 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).