Card for information equipment, and terminal for information equipment
A PC card has a card body portion in which a first card terminal portion is formed in one end and a second card terminal portion is formed in the other end. The card terminal portion has a chip slot. A SIM card inserted through an insertion port into the chip slot is electrically connected to a printed circuit board. The insertion port of the chip slot is opened in an outer side face of the second card terminal portion.
1. A card connector for information equipment, comprising:
a card body portion which is to be inserted into a card slot of the information equipment;
a card terminal portion which is electrically connected to the information equipment in a state where the card body portion is inserted into the card slot; and
a chip slot which is provided for receiving a chip card into the card body portion,
wherein an insertion port of the chip slot is placed in an insertion port of the card slot when the card body portion is inserted into the card slot,
the card body portion has an operation portion which has a top portion flushed with a top portion of the card body portion, the operation portion which is provided for ejecting a chip card from electrical engagement with the card body portion in the chip slot, and
the operation portion is placed so as to be completely covered by the card slot when the card body portion is inserted into the information equipment.
2. The card for information equipment according to claim 1 ,
wherein the operation portion reciprocally moves in conjunction with the chip slot, in a direction of inserting or extracting the chip card.