Card connector and contact with buckling prevention
View Patent ↗A card connector is provided having a housing and a contact. The housing includes a card receiving space. The contact is supported by the housing and includes a contact arm and an extended portion. The contact arm includes a free end and the extended portion includes a first end positioned below the contact arm on which the free end of the contact arm slides.
1. A card connector comprising:
a housing having a card receiving space; and
a contact supported by the housing and having:
a contact arm having a free end; and
a rigid extended portion having a first end positioned below the contact arm on which the free end of the contact arm slides.
2. The card connector according to claim 1 , wherein the extended portion includes a second end positioned above the first end and having a fixed end extending away from the contact arm.
3. The card connector according to claim 2 , wherein the extended portion bends backward toward the contact arm.
4. The card connector according to claim 1 , wherein the free end is elastic.
5. The card connector according to claim 1 , wherein the contact arm includes a fixed end opposite the free end.
6. The card connector according to claim 5 , wherein the contact arm includes a bend positioned between the fixed end and the free end.
7. The card connector according to claim 6 , wherein the bend is positioned above the free end.
8. The card connector according to claim 7 , wherein the bend is positioned above the fixed end.
9. The card connector according to claim 1 , wherein the contact arm has an inverted-V shape.
10. A contact, comprising:
a frame having a first side, a second side, and a contact arm receiving passageway positioned between the first side and the second side;
a contact arm attached at an obtuse angle with respect to the first side and having a free end extending toward the second side of the frame; and
an extended portion attached to the second side and having a first end positioned below the contact arm on which the free end of the contact arm slides.
11. The contact according to claim 10 , wherein the extended portion includes a second end positioned above the first end and having a fixed end extending away from the contact arm.
12. The contact according to claim 11 , wherein the extended portion bends backward toward the contact arm.
13. The contact according to claim 10 , wherein the free end is elastic.
14. The contact according to claim 10 , wherein the contact arm includes a fixed end opposite the free end.
15. The contact according to claim 14 , wherein the contact arm includes a bend positioned between the fixed end and the free end.
16. The contact according to claim 15 , wherein the bend is positioned above the free end.
17. The contact according to claim 16 , wherein the bend is positioned above the fixed end.
18. The contact according to claim 10 , wherein the contact arm has an inverted-V shape.
19. A contact, comprising:
a frame having a first side, a second side, and a contact arm receiving passageway positioned between the first side and the second side;
a contact arm attached at a fixed end to the first side and having an opposite free end extending toward the second side of the frame, the free end and the fixed end positioned at a same height with respect to the frame; and
an extended portion attached to the second side and having a first end positioned below the contact arm on which the free end of the contact arm slides.