SIM card socket and terminal device including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9318830-B2
Application number	US-201414152559-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 10, 2014
Priority date	Jan 17, 2013
Publication date	Apr 19, 2016
Grant date	Apr 19, 2016

Abstract

A SIM card socket is provided, includes a first contact part having first contact terminals electrically contacting a first SIM card when the first SIM card is received; a second contact part having second contact terminals electrically contacting a second SIM card when the second SIM card is received, wherein the second SIM card has a size different from that of the first SIM card; a first stopper disposed on the second contact part and being movable by a predetermined distance in a lengthwise direction of the second contact part along a surface of the second contact part to support insertion of the first SIM card or insertion of the second SIM card; and a cover covering the first contact part, the second contact part, and the first stopper.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A SIM card socket comprising:
a first contact part having first contact terminals electrically contacting a first SIM card when the first SIM card is received;
a second contact part having second contact terminals electrically contacting a second SIM card when the second SIM card is received, wherein the second SIM card has a size different from that of the first SIM card;
a first stopper disposed on the second contact part and being movable by a predetermined distance in a lengthwise direction of the second contact part along a surface of the second contact part to support insertion of the first SIM card or insertion of the second SIM card; and
a cover covering the first contact part, the second contact part, and the first stopper,
wherein the first contact part and the second contact part are disposed facing each other, and
the second contact part comprises:
a plate member having a predetermined thickness; and
a stopper engaging part provided at one side of the plate member and engaged with the first stopper such that the first stopper is movable,
wherein the second contact terminals are provided at one side of the plate member.

2. The SIM card socket of claim 1 , wherein the stopper engaging part comprises:
rails disposed parallel in a lengthwise direction of the plate member; and
locking holes provided at locations spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance between the rails.

3. The SIM card socket of claim 2 , wherein the first stopper comprises:
a first stopper plate member;
protrusions protruding from a lower surface of the first stopper plate member and engaged with the rails;
a latch protruding through a latch hole provided in the cover and movable along the latch hole when pushed; and
a locking portion temporarily engaged with at least one of the locking holes.

4. The SIM card socket of claim 3 , wherein the protrusions contact an inner wall of a bottom end of the first SIM card or a side wall of an inner end of the second SIM card to push the received first SIM card or second SIM card outwards from the SIM card socket.

5. The SIM card socket of claim 2 , wherein the locking holes comprise:
a first hole disposed adjacent to locations at which the second contact terminals are disposed and configured to fix the first stopper when the second SIM card is received; and
a second hole disposed adjacent to bottom ends of the rails and configured to fix the first stopper when the first SIM card is received.

6. The SIM card socket of claim 1 , further comprising a second stopper engaged with the cover and configured to perform a hinge operation around a hinge axis perpendicular to the cover as the second stopper is pressed and to limit movement of the first stopper.

7. The SIM card socket of claim 6 , wherein the first stopper is located below a location at which the second stopper is disposed on the cover when the first SIM card is received, and is disposed at a location at which the first stopper is overlapped by the second stopper on the cover when the second SIM card is received.

8. The SIM card socket of claim 6 , wherein the cover further comprises an extraction hole overlapping the second stopper when the second stopper is engaged with the extraction hole to support engagement of a side wall of the second stopper, and to support a hinge operation of the second stopper such that a portion of the second stopper is exposed.

9. The SIM card socket of claim 1 , further comprising circuit wires for electrically connecting the first contact terminals and the second contact terminals.

10. The SIM card socket of claim 1 , wherein the first SIM card is a micro SIM card, and the second SIM card is a nano SIM card.

11. The SIM card socket of claim 10 , wherein a width of the first SIM card is similar to a length of the second SIM card.

12. A terminal device comprising:
a positioning part in which a battery is positioned; and
a SIM card socket disposed in a peripheral area of the positioning part,
wherein the SIM card socket comprises:
a first contact part having first contact terminals electrically contacting a first SIM card when the first SIM card is received;
a second contact part having second contact terminals electrically contacting a second SIM card when the second SIM card is received, wherein the second SIM card has a size different from that of the first SIM card;
a first stopper disposed on the second contact part and being movable by a predetermined distance in a lengthwise direction of the second contact part along a surface of the second contact part to support insertion of the first SIM card or insertion of the second SIM card; and
a cover covering the first contact part, the second contact part, and the first stopper,
wherein the first contact part and the second contact part are disposed facing each other, and
the second contact part comprises a plate member having a predetermined thickness, and a stopper engaging part provided at one side of the plate member and engaged with the first stopper such that the first stopper is movable, wherein the second contact terminals are provided at one side of the plate member.

13. The terminal device of claim 12 , further comprising circuit wires for electrically connecting the first contact terminals and the second contact terminals.

14. The terminal device of claim 12 , wherein the first SIM card is a micro SIM card, and the second SIM card is a nano SIM card.

15. The terminal device of claim 12 , wherein a width of the first SIM card is similar to a length of the second SIM card.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Jongchul
• Koh Myunggeun
• Chun Jaebong
• Yi Hyoungwook

Classifications

• A63B2208/12

  specially adapted for children · CPC title

• G06K7/0052 Primary

  connectors capable of contacting cards of different formats, e.g. memory stick and SD card readers sharing at least one connector contact and the associated signal line, e.g. both using the same signal line for input or output of data · CPC title

• A63B17/02 Primary

  rigidly combined · CPC title

• A63B1/00

  Horizontal bars · CPC title

• H04M1/026

  Details of the structure or mounting of specific components · CPC title