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KR200473311Y1
KR200473311Y1 KR2020130002251U KR20130002251U KR200473311Y1 KR 200473311 Y1 KR200473311 Y1 KR 200473311Y1 KR 2020130002251 U KR2020130002251 U KR 2020130002251U KR 20130002251 U KR20130002251 U KR 20130002251U KR 200473311 Y1 KR200473311 Y1 KR 200473311Y1
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김철규
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K7/00—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns
    • G06K7/0013—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by galvanic contacts, e.g. card connectors for ISO-7816 compliant smart cards or memory cards, e.g. SD card readers
    • G06K7/0021—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by galvanic contacts, e.g. card connectors for ISO-7816 compliant smart cards or memory cards, e.g. SD card readers for reading/sensing record carriers having surface contacts
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/70—Coupling devices
    • H01R12/71—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/70—Coupling devices
    • H01R12/82—Coupling devices connected with low or zero insertion force
    • H01R12/85—Coupling devices connected with low or zero insertion force contact pressure producing means, contacts activated after insertion of printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/87—Coupling devices connected with low or zero insertion force contact pressure producing means, contacts activated after insertion of printed circuits or like structures acting automatically by insertion of rigid printed or like structures
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/64—Means for preventing incorrect coupling

Abstract

The present invention relates to a card connector capable of improving the reliability of insertion / ejection operations of a thin card such as an SD card and preventing diffusion of flux when mounted on a circuit board.
According to the present invention, there is provided a card connector which is mounted on a circuit board and inserted into a card to connect the card to the card connector, the card connector comprising: a cover portion; a base plate coupled to the cover portion; And a card insertion detecting unit formed at one side of the card inserting unit to detect insertion of the card into the card inserting unit.

Description

Card connector {CONNECTOR FOR CARD}

The present invention relates to a connector for a card, and more particularly to a card connector for facilitating an assembling process while improving the reliability of a product by making it possible to recognize insertion / ejection operations of a thin card such as an SD card or the like.

An external memory card may be mounted on a portable terminal such as a mobile communication terminal, a digital camera, an MP3 player, and a PMP to store data such as a moving image file, an image file, and a text file. Among such external memories, the compatibility with the SD card is excellent, and the adoption of the micro SD card having the smallest volume among the existing memory cards is increasing.

In particular, a micro SD card is mainly used to increase the space utilization due to the limited volume of the inside such as a mobile communication terminal, an MP3 player, etc. In order to mount the micro SD card in the portable terminal, a micro SD card connector Respectively.

Such a micro SD card connector is disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2007-0059973.

However, in the case of the connector for the conventional micro SD card, there is no separate SD card insertion detecting means, so that it is difficult to confirm whether or not the SD card is inserted. In the conventional micro SD card such as Korean Patent Application Publication No. 10-2007-0059973 In the case of forming a separate SD card insertion detecting means in the connector, an additional process for forming a separate SD card insertion detecting means occurs, thereby increasing the number of assembling processes and increasing the process cost.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a card connector in which a card insertion sensing part is integrally formed in a connector,

There is provided a card connector for improving contact reliability by forming an embossing projection on a contact terminal of a connector.

In addition, a card connector is provided which is capable of preventing the card from rotating when a card is inserted into or ejected from a connector by forming an ejector mold on the guide rail.

In addition, there is provided a card connector capable of preventing the card from being inserted backward when inserting the card into the connector.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a connector according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is mounted on a circuit board and inserts a card into the card connector to connect the card to the card connector. The card connector includes a cover portion, a base plate coupled to the cover portion, And a card insertion detecting unit formed at one side of the card inserting unit to detect insertion of the card into the card inserting unit.

The card insertion sensing part includes an elastic supporting part that is partially cut away from the columnar surface bent from the cover part and tilted toward the inside of the card insertion part, and a connection part bent from the bottom plate part and contacting the elastic supporting part.

And the resilient supporting portion includes a connecting protrusion protruded to contact the connecting portion in length.

The card insertion sensing part includes an elastic reinforcing part which is partially cut from the column surface and tilts so as to support the elastic supporting part inside the card insertion part.

The bottom plate portion includes a connection terminal for connecting the card inserted into the card insertion portion to the circuit board and an embossing projection projecting from a surface of the connection terminal in contact with the card.

As described above, according to the card connector according to the present invention, when the card is inserted into or ejected from the connector by forming the ejector mold in the guide rail, the card can be prevented from rotating, thereby facilitating insertion / ejection of the card.

As described above, according to the card connector according to the present invention, when the card is inserted into the connector, the card is prevented from being inserted backward, thereby improving the contact reliability of the card.

As described above, according to the card connector according to the present invention, since the card insertion sensing part is integrally formed in the connector, it is easy to grasp whether the card is inserted or not, and at the same time, the assembly process is facilitated.

As described above, according to the card connector according to the present invention, the embossing protrusion protrudes from the contact terminal of the connector, thereby maximizing the reliability of contact with the card.

1 is a perspective view showing a card connector according to the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the card shown in FIG. 1,
3 is a partial perspective view showing a cover portion of the card connector according to the present invention;
4 is a view illustrating a process for fabricating a cover portion of a card connector according to the present invention;
5 is a partial perspective view showing a bottom plate portion of the card connector according to the present invention;
Figs. 6A and 6B are enlarged views of the portion "A" in Fig.

The card connector of the present invention is for connecting a card having a small size such as a micro SD card for storing data such as a moving picture file, a music file, an image file, and a text file to an electronic device such as a mobile communication terminal, an MP3 player or the like.

Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to or limited by the embodiments. Like reference symbols in the drawings denote like elements.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a card connector according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing that a card is mounted in FIG.

1 and 2, the card connector 100 according to the present invention includes a cover 110, a base plate 120 coupled to one side of the cover 110, A card insertion portion 130 formed between the card insertion portion 130 and the bottom plate portion 120 to allow the card 10 to move inward; An ejector mold 150 for supporting the card 10 protruding from the guide part 140 toward the card 10 and being movable in the card insertion part 130, And a card insertion sensing unit 160 for sensing that the card 10 is inserted into the card insertion unit 130.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a cover part of the card connector according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a view showing a process for manufacturing the cover part of the card connector according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the material of the cover 110 may be a metal material used for a general card connector, and other materials may be used if necessary. The cover 110 includes a plate-shaped cover body 111 and a pillar formed to be bent at each edge of the cover body 111. The columnar surface includes a rear columnar surface 113a formed on the opposite side to which the card 10 is inserted and a frontal columnar surface 113c formed on the side where the card is inserted and both columnar surfaces 113b. And a DIP protrusion 114 protruding downward from the end of the both side pillars 113b. 4, the cover 110 includes a cover body 111, a rear pillar surface 113a, a front pillar surface 113c, and both side pillar surfaces 113b. The cover part 110 is cut from the forming mold S and then the rear end face 113a and the front end side post 113c and the both side post faces 113b Can be manufactured by bending the cover body 111 from the cover body 111.

The DIP protrusion 114 serves to secure the mounting strength when the card connector 100 of the present invention is mounted on a circuit board (not shown), thereby ensuring a sufficient soldering area. The reverse insertion preventing holes 116 may be formed in one or both of the two side walls 113b. The reverse insertion prevention hole 116 is formed in the card insertion slot 130 when the card 10 is inserted into the card insertion portion 130 by reversely inserting the card 10 in the upside and downside, The insertion side edge of the card 10 is caught in the reverse insertion preventing hole 116 to prevent insertion of the card 10, thereby preventing the contact failure of the card due to carelessness of the user. At this time, when the reverse insertion preventing hole 116 is formed on the columnar surface of the metal material, the reverse insertion preventing hole 116 may have a strong strength characteristic as compared with a structure that is supported by a mold or the like. It is preferable that the reverse insertion preventing holes 116 are formed on the side of the inlet side where the card 10 is inserted among the two side walls 113b. It is noted that the reverse insertion preventing holes 116 may be formed continuously from the both side pillars 113b to the cover body 111 depending not only on the opposite side pillars 113b.

A part of the rear pillar surface 113a is cut to form an elastic supporting portion 161. [ The elastic supporting portion 161 is formed of elastic material together with the rear side surface 113a, and is preferably formed of a metal material. The elastic supporting portion 161 may be formed in any shape as long as it is capable of elastically supporting the card inserted into the card inserting portion 130 by being cut from the rear pillar surface 113a. The center of the rear pillar 113a is cut so that the corner of the rear pillar 113 is connected to the elastic supporting part 161 so that the end of the elastic supporting part 161 is connected to the card insertion part 113. [ So that the card inserted into the card insertion portion 130 can be elastically supported. At this time, the end of the elastic support portion 161 forms a round end 161a to damage the card 10 even when the card 10 is inserted into the card insertion portion 130, or the elastic support portion 161 Can be prevented from being bent. A connecting protrusion 161b may protrude from a lengthwise surface of the elastic supporting portion 161 on the side of the card insertion portion 130 (inner side length surface). In addition, an elastic reinforcing portion 162 may be formed on the rear pillar surface 113a. The elastic supporter 162 is connected to the rear pillar surface 113a on the opposite side of the elastic support portion 161 connected to the rear pillar surface 113a so that the center of the rear pillar surface 113a, Side. The resilient reinforcing portion 162 is resiliently tilted toward the card inserting portion 130 and has an end supporting the outer side of the elastic supporting portion 161. Accordingly, the elastic reinforcing part 162 reinforces the elastic supporting part 161. 4, when the elastic supporting portion 161 and the elastic reinforcing portion 162 are expanded, the height of the elastic reinforcing portion 162 is higher than that of the elastic supporting portion 161, The elastic supporting portion 161 and the elastic reinforcing portion 162 may be formed by bending the elastic supporting portion 161 in such a shape as to support the elastic supporting portion 161. 4, when the elastic supporting portion 161 and the elastic reinforcing portion 162 are bent, the difference in height between the elastic supporting portion 161 and the elastic reinforcing portion 162 is greater than the height of the elastic supporting portion 161, A height difference of the height H of the elastic supporter 162 may be generated so that the elastic supporter 162 stably supports the elastic supporter 161.

5 is a partial perspective view showing a bottom plate portion of the card connector according to the present invention.

5, the guide unit 140 is for guiding the insertion or ejection of the card 10 into or from the card insertion unit 130. As shown in FIG. The card insertion unit 130 is provided to provide a place for the card 10 to be connected to the card connector 100 of the present invention. When the card 10 is inserted into the card insertion portion 130 or ejected from the card insertion portion 130 (hereinafter referred to as operation), the guide portion 140 is slidably inserted into the card insertion portion 130 . The guide part 140 is formed to engage with the engaging protrusion 142 of the card 10 on the forward side of the card 10 and the back side of the card 10, And a fastening member (143) for fastening the card (140) to the card (10) in which it is movable. In addition, the guide unit 140 may include an elastic member 144 to restore the position of the guide unit 140 by elasticity when the guide unit 140 slides together with the card 10.

The ejector mold 150 protrudes from the guide part 140 so that when the card 10 is inserted into the card insertion part 130, So that the card 10 can be rotated while being inserted into the card 10, thereby guiding the card 10 to move in a straight line without deviating from the position. Needless to say, even when the card 10 is ejected from the card insertion unit 130, the card 10 is guided to rotate in a straight line without shifting its position.

Referring to FIG. 3, the cover 110 is formed with a cutout groove 117 in the widthwise plane. The cutout 117 is preferably formed in the guide 140. In addition, a guiding protrusion 118, which is bent toward the card insertion portion 130, is formed in a rim of the incision groove 117. The guiding jaws 118 guide the movement of the guiding part 140. The fixing plate 119 is inclined toward the card inserting portion 130 in the rim of the cutout groove 117 to apply pressure to the elastic member 144, It can be fixed.

A connection portion 163 is formed at an edge of the bottom plate 120 opposite to the side where the card 10 is inserted. At this time, the connection portion 163 may have an end extending toward the guide portion 140.

A plurality of connection terminals 121 are formed at the center of the bottom plate 120 to connect the card 10 inserted into the card insertion portion 130 to the circuit board. The embossing protrusion 121a is formed at the end of the card 10 to increase the contact reliability between the card 10 and the connection terminal 121. [ Particularly, the embossing protrusion 121a forms a round surface at a portion where the embossing protrusion 121a contacts the card 10, thereby minimizing the frictional force with the card 10 without damaging the card 10. [

Figs. 6A and 6B are enlarged views of the portion "A" in Fig.

Referring to FIG. 6A, the card insertion sensing unit 160 according to the present invention includes the elastic supporting portion 161, the elastic reinforcing portion 162, and the connection portion 163. The elastic support portion 161 is normally tilted toward the connection portion 163 by elasticity so that the connection protrusion 161b formed on the elastic support portion 161 remains connected to the connection portion 163. Therefore, it is possible to detect that the card 10 is not installed in the card connector 100 of the present invention.

6B, when the card 10 is installed in the card connector 100 according to the present invention, the insertion force of the card 10 causes the elastic supporting portion 161 to move in the direction in which the card 10 is inserted So that the connection protrusions 161b and the connection portions 163 are separated from each other. Therefore, it is possible to detect that the card 10 is installed in the card connector 100 of the present invention.

In addition, even when the card 10 is installed in the card connector 100 of the present invention for a long time, the elastic supporting portion 161 is reinforced by the elastic reinforcing portion 162 to maintain the elastic force.

In addition, the elastic supporting portion 161 may also function to guide the card 10, which is ejected from the card connector 100 of the present invention, by elasticity.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the following claims It can be understood that

100: card connector 110: cover part
111: Cover body 113a: Rear pillar surface
113b Both side pillars 113c: Front side pillars
114: DIP projection 116: reverse insertion prevention hole
117: incision groove 118: guiding jaw
119: Fixing plate 120: Base plate
130: Card insertion part 140: Guide part
142: engaging jaw 143: fastening member
144: Elastic member 150: Ejector mold
10: Card 160: Card insertion detection unit
161: elastic supporting portion 161a: round end
161b: connection protrusion 162: elastic reinforcement part
163:

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A card connector which is mounted on a circuit board and inserts a card into the card connector to connect the card connector, comprising: a cover part; a base plate coupled to the cover part; And a card insertion detecting unit formed on one side of the card inserting unit to detect insertion of the card into the card inserting unit,
Wherein the card insertion sensing portion includes an elastic support portion that is partially cut away from the columnar surface bent from the cover portion and tilted toward the inside of the card insertion portion and a connection portion that is bent from the bottom plate portion and contacts the elastic support portion. connector. delete [2] The apparatus according to claim 1,
And a connection protrusion protruded to come into contact with the connection portion during the length thereof. The system according to claim 1,
And an elastic reinforcing portion that is partially cut away from the pillar surface and tilts so as to support the elastic supporting portion to the inside of the card inserting portion. [2] The apparatus according to claim 1,
A connection terminal for connecting the card inserted into the card insertion section to the circuit board,
And an embossing protrusion protruding from a surface of the connection terminal in contact with the card.
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