Abstract: A card connector into and from which a memory card is detachably inserted and removed, includes contacts adapted to contact connection portions of the memory card, and a housing for arranging and holding the contacts. Metal plates made of a metal are installed in the housing so as to extend onto both sides in the width direction of the housing. The metal plates are integrally provided with connection portions to be connected to a substrate. A tray made of a metal is provided for loading a plurality of memory cards therein, and either of both ends of the tray in its width direction is bent substantially into an L-shape, which bent portion slidably engages the metal plate. The connector achieves a reduced overall height such as less than 2.0 mm and is also superior in safety.

Abstract: A card connector into and from which a plurality of cards are inserted and removed, includes a required number of contacts, and a housing arranging and holding the contacts and having one or plural fitting openings each into which the card is inserted. The contacts each includes contact portions to contact at least two cards so that the same contact can be brought into contact with at least two cards. The card connector has a high degree of freedom for design of substrate and connector without complicating the arrangement of connection portions of contacts and is easy to assemble and easy to mount connection portions onto a substrate by a customer or consumer.

Abstract: A card connector into and from which a memory card is detachably inserted and removed, includes contacts each adapted to contact a connection portion of the memory card, and a housing for arranging and holding the contacts and having an inserting opening for inserting the memory card. The housing includes two side walls, a rear wall, and a lower wall contiguous to these side and rear walls to form the inserting opening for the memory card by these walls. A shell is arranged on the side of the housing opposite from the lower wall, and an elastically deformable tray is arranged on the lower wall so as to be slidable with the aid of a tray restraining plate. The card connector is miniaturized and lighter, more compact and simple in construction and is easy to remove a memory card.

Abstract: A card connector into and from which at least one card is inserted and removed includes a plurality of contacts each having a contact portion adapted to contact the card, and a housing arranging and holding the contacts and having a fitting opening into which the card is inserted. The housing is provided with a terminal at one end in the width direction of the housing for achieving continuity between the card and a substrate and precluding the card from being erroneously inserted with its rear end or upside down, and the housing is further provided with a notch at a predetermined position for permitting part of the terminal to extend into the fitting opening. The card connector achieves its miniaturization and is able to prevent troubles caused by the electro-static discharge and an erroneous insertion of a card into the card connector.

Abstract: A card connector includes contacts adapted to contact contacts of two memory cards, a housing having inserting openings for inserting the memory cards and arranging and holding the contacts therein, and a shell covering the housing. The housing includes two side walls, a rear wall, and a lower wall contiguous with these side and rear walls to form the inserting openings for the memory cards by these two side walls, rear wall and lower wall, and is provided with a pivotally movable plate to form, by its pivotal movement, the one inserting opening for inserting either of the cards and simultaneously to prevent the other card from being inserted. The card connector enables stable connection by merely inserting two different cards having equal lengths in the inserting direction and different widths and thicknesses into the connector.

Abstract: A card connector into and from which a memory card is detachably inserted and removed, includes contacts adapted to contact connection portions of the memory card, and a housing for arranging and holding the contacts. Metal plates made of a metal are installed in the housing so as to extend onto both sides in the width direction of the housing. The metal plates are integrally provided with connection portions to be connected to a substrate. A tray made of a metal is provided for loading a plurality of memory cards therein, and either of both ends of the tray in its width direction is bent substantially into an L-shape, which bent portion slidably engages the metal plate. The connector achieves a reduced overall height such as less than 2.0 mm and is also superior in safety.

Abstract: A card connector into and from which a memory card is detachably inserted and removed, includes contacts each adapted to contact a connection portion of the memory card, and a housing for arranging and holding the contacts and having an inserting opening for inserting the memory card. The housing includes two side walls, a rear wall, and a lower wall contiguous to these side and rear walls to form the inserting opening for the memory card by these walls. A shell is arranged on the side of the housing opposite from the lower wall, and an elastically deformable tray is arranged on the lower wall so as to be slidable with the aid of a tray restraining plate. The card connector is miniaturized and lighter, more compact and simple in construction and is easy to remove a memory card.

Abstract: A card connector includes contacts of two kinds for two memory cards, each adapted to contact a connection portion of the memory card, and a housing having two inserting openings each into which the respective memory card is inserted and arranging and holding the contacts. The two inserting openings are arranged one above the other substantially in parallel relationship, and an insertion-preventing member is arranged in a position between the inserting openings so as not to contact the contacts of two kind so that once either of the memory cards has been inserted, the other memory card is prevented from being inserted by means of the insertion-preventing member. The card connector thus constructed is simple in construction and easy to remove the memory card and can achieve a miniaturization of the connector without limiting design of circuits of substrate.

Abstract: A card connector which is able to be connected to at least two cards, includes contacts corresponding to the number of the cards, a tray in which at least two cards can be mounted, and a housing having a fitting opening for receiving the tray therein and for arranging and holding the contacts. Also, a card connector which is able to be connected to four cards, includes four kinds of contacts, a tray having card mounting sections in which four cards can be mounted, and a housing having a fitting opening for receiving the tray therein and for arranging and holding the four kinds of contacts. With these constructions, miniaturization in height or reduced overall height of connector is possible with a simple construction.

Abstract: A connector for plural kinds of cards includes a housing, and a gate-shaped slider slidable on slide rails on both sides in a card inserting space in the housing. Inserting a wider and thicker card, the card engages and moves together with the slider into the housing to contact contacts on one surface in the housing at a predetermined inserted position. Inserting a narrower and thinner card, the card enters an inner space of the gate-shaped slider, and while the slider remains stationary, the card arrives at a predetermined inserted position with the aid of a step having an inclined face in the slider, whereupon the contacting surface of the card arrives at the same level as that of the contact surface of the wider and thicker card so that the card comes into contact with the contacts to achieve an electrical connection therebetween.

Abstract: A card connector which is able to be connected to at least two cards, includes contacts corresponding to the number of the cards, a tray in which at least two cards can be mounted, and a housing having a fitting opening for receiving the tray therein and for arranging and holding the contacts. Also, a card connector which is able to be connected to four cards, includes four kinds of contacts, a tray having card mounting sections in which four cards can be mounted, and a housing having a fitting opening for receiving the tray therein and for arranging and holding the four kinds of contacts. With these constructions, miniaturization in height or reduced overall height of connector is possible with a simple construction.

Abstract: A card connector into and from which at least one card is inserted and removed includes a plurality of contacts each having a contact portion adapted to contact the card, and a housing arranging and holding the contacts and having a fitting opening into which the card is inserted. The housing is provided with a terminal at one end in the width direction of the housing for achieving continuity between the card and a substrate and precluding the card from being erroneously inserted with its rear end or upside down, and the housing is further provided with a notch at a predetermined position for permitting part of the terminal to extend into the fitting opening. The card connector achieves its miniaturization and is able to prevent troubles caused by the electro-static discharge and an erroneous insertion of a card into the card connector.

Abstract: A connector for plural kinds of cards includes a housing, and a gate-shaped slider slidable on slide rails provided on both sides in a card inserting space in the housing. Inserting a wider and thicker card, the card engages and moves together with the slider into housing to contact contacts on one surface in the housing at a predetermined inserted position. Inserting a narrower and thinner card, the card enters an inner space of the gate-shaped slider, and while the slider remains stationary, the card arrives at a predetermined inserted position with the aid of a step having an inclined face provided in the slider, whereupon the contacting surface of the card arrives at the same level as that of the contact surface of the wider and thicker card so that the card comes into contact with the contacts to achieve an electrical connection therebetween.

Abstract: A card connector for use with an electronic appliance through an IC card having a plurality of recesses extending from its front end toward its rear end in parallel with one another and contact pads each being received in the recess. The card connector includes a connector housing and contact terminals. The connector housing has a pair of guide grooves for supporting and guiding both side edges of a card being inserted into the card connector and an insertion space in the housing for the inserted card. The contact terminals made of a springy and electrically conductive material are arranged in the connector housing and each have a contact portion adapted to contact with a contact pad of the card normally inserted in the card connector.

Abstract: A card connector into and from which a plurality of cards are inserted and removed, includes a required number of contacts, and a housing arranging and holding the contacts and having one or plural fitting openings each into which the card is inserted. The contacts each includes contact portions to contact at least two cards so that the same contact can be brought into contact with at least two cards. The card connector has a high degree of freedom for design of substrate and connector without complicating the arrangement of connection portions of contacts and is easy to assemble and easy to mount connection portions onto a substrate by a customer or consumer.

Abstract: An electric connector provided with a protector to protect damage of top of contacts by an outer force or misinsertion of mating connector or card and with construction easy for assembling. The connector body is provided with an insertion opening in a direction normal to the mating connector or card insertion direction and the protector is inserted through the insertion opening at the time of assembling and the protector is kept its normal position by the bias spring.

Abstract: An electric connector provided with a protector to protect damage of top of contacts by an outer force or misinsertion of mating connector or card and with construction easy for assembling. The connector body is provided with an insertion opening in a direction normal to the mating connector or card insertion direction and the protector is inserted through the insertion opening at the time of assembling and the protector is kept its normal position by the bias spring.

Abstract: A card connector includes a connector body having at its front face a card insertion opening and a card receiving space for receiving therein a card inserted through the card insertion opening. Contacts are divided into front contacts and rear contacts, and front contacts made of a metal plate piece are installed in a contact receiving portion by inserting the front contacts from the side of the front face, while rear contacts made of a metal plate piece are installed in the contact receiving portion by inserting the rear contacts from the opposite side of the front face. One end of each the front contacts and one end of each the rear contacts in the contact receiving portion are electrically connected to each other. With this construction, the front and rear contacts can be installed in a stable manner.

Abstract: A card connector for use with an electronic appliance through an IC card having a plurality of recesses extending from its front end toward its rear end in parallel with one another and contact pads each being received in the recess. The card connector includes a connector housing and contact terminals. The connector housing has a pair of guide grooves for supporting and guiding both side edges of a card being inserted into the card connector and an insertion space in the housing for the inserted card. The contact terminals made of a springy and electrically conductive material are arranged in the connector housing and each have a contact portion adapted to contact with a contact pad of the card normally inserted in the card connector.

Abstract: A card connector includes a connector body having at its front face a card insertion opening and a card receiving space for receiving therein a card inserted through the card insertion opening. Contacts are divided into front contacts and rear contacts, and front contacts made of a metal plate piece are installed in a contact receiving portion by inserting the front contacts from the side of the front face, while rear contacts made of a metal plate piece are installed in the contact receiving portion by inserting the rear contacts from the opposite side of the front face. One end of each the front contacts and one end of each the rear contacts in the contact receiving portion are electrically connected to each other. With this construction, the front and rear contacts can be installed in a stable manner.