Patent attributes
A terminal-protective card connector composed of a housing including a base having a rear sidewall, a left sidewall, a right sidewall, and a rear platform; a group of first terminals and a group of second terminals, each of which includes a root portion and a contact portion, the root portions of the first and second terminals being fixedly inserted above and below the rear platform respectively, each of the left and right sidewalls having a slide groove; and a pivoting device pivotably mounted between the left and right sidewalls and having a plate member having a plurality of pushing portions, a left plate located, a right plate, and two slide channels corresponding to the slide grooves respectively. The contact portions of the second terminals are mounted on a top surface of the plate member. The second terminals lie on the pushing portions to enable the contact portions of the second terminals to be lower than the rear platform.
