CN202817376U - SIM card connector and mobile communication device with the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a SIM card holder and a mobile communication device with the SIM card holder. The SIM card holder includes: a cover part for covering a SIM card adapter or a SIM card; facing to the cover part, it is arranged on the lower part of the cover part and is formed for inserting and arranging a SIM card adapter or a SIM card The bottom surface of the insertion groove; the contact terminal protruding from the bottom surface with a predetermined height for electrically connecting with the terminal of the micro SIM card or SIM card installed in the SIM card adapter; the elastic pressing part fixedly arranged on the cover part , for elastically pressing the SIM card adapter or SIM card inserted into the insertion slot. According to the present invention, the SIM card adapter or the common SIM card is pressed by the elastic pressing part, so that the thickness of the SIM card holder can be minimized. Moreover, the terminals of the SIM card adapter or the SIM card can be stably electrically contacted with the contact terminals, and the contact terminals will not be damaged even when the SIM card adapter or the SIM card that does not have a micro-SIM card installed is pulled out from the insertion slot.

Description

SIM card holder and mobile communication device with the SIM card holder

technical field

The utility model relates to a card socket, in particular to a SIM card (subscriber identification card) card socket. the

Background technique

With the popularity of electronic products such as digital cameras, mobile phones, and PDAs, memory cards are used more and more widely, and there are more and more types of cards, such as Secure Digital Card (SD card), Compact Flash Card (CF card) , Smart Media Card (SM card), Subscriber Identity Module (SIM card, subscriber identification card), Memory Stick (MS), T-flash Card (TF card), etc. However, recently, Apple's two new products--iPad and the fourth generation of iPhone have been released and exposed one after another. In these two high-profile products, Apple continues to challenge the current industry standards, one of which is to replace the standard-sized SIM cards we usually use with small MicroSIM cards (micro SIM cards). In order to cope with this situation, there is a SIM card adapter on the market. This SIM card adapter can make a standard SIM card into a standard Micro SIM card, and can also restore a Micro SIM card to an ordinary SIM, so that One SIM card can be used on different devices. the

FIG. 1 is a front view of the SIM card adapter 10 . As shown in Figure 1, the SIM card adapter 10 comprises a main body 11 and an installation port 12 for installing a Micro SIM card in the main body 11 inner opening that is the size of a Micro SIM card. the

When the Micro SIM card user uses the Micro SIM card as a common SIM card, the user will use the SIM card adapter 10 shown in Figure 1 to install the Micro SIM card to the installation port 12, and the Micro SIM card will be installed Insert the SIM card adapter 10 into the insertion slot 21 (see FIG. 2 ) of the SIM card holder 20 . the

Fig. 2 is the front view of existing SIM card holder, and Fig. 3 is the side sectional view showing the state when SIM card adapter 10 that will not install Micro SIM card is pulled out from SIM card holder 20, and wherein symbol A represents SIM The insertion direction of the card adapter 10, the symbol B represents the pull-out direction of the SIM card adapter 10, and the symbol C represents the position where the SIM card adapter 10 is caught by the contact terminal 24 described later. the

As shown in Figure 3, SIM card holder 20 comprises: be used to cover and support the cover part 22 of SIM card adapter 10 downwards; Be arranged on the bottom surface 23 of the bottom of described cover part 22; Protrude from described bottom surface 23 predetermined The contact terminal 24 that is used to be electrically connected to the terminal (not shown) of the Micro SIM card or SIM card installed in the SIM card adapter 10 with a height of _H1 , the contact terminal 24 is electrically connected to the printed circuit board of the mobile communication terminal ; An insertion slot 21 for inserting and arranging the SIM card adapter 10 or the SIM card is provided between the cover part 22 and the bottom surface 23 . The predetermined height H ₁ is the height from the bottom surface 23 to the highest point of the contact terminal 24 .

But this existing SIM card holder 20, because its cover part 22 only plays the effect of supporting the SIM card adapter 10 downwards, so in order to ensure that the contact terminal 24 contacts with the terminal of the Micro SIM card installed in the card adapter 10 For stable electrical connection of the terminal 24, the predetermined height _H1 of the contact terminal 24 protruding from the bottom surface 24 is set relatively high, usually set at 0.55mm˜0.65mm.

Therefore, when the user inserts the SIM card adapter 10 that does not install the Micro SIM card into the insertion slot 21, and then pulls out the SIM card adapter 10, because the height _H1 of the contact terminal 24 is higher, the main body 11 of the SIM card adapter 10 The side wall of the contact terminal 24 will be caught (refer to symbol C in FIG. 3 ). At this time, when the user forcibly pulls out the SIM card adapter 10, the contact terminal 24 may be damaged, so that the mobile communication terminal equipped with such a contact terminal 24 cannot be used.

Utility model content

The utility model is proposed in order to solve the above problems, and its purpose is to provide a SIM card that does not damage the contact terminals when the SIM card adapter is inserted into an empty SIM card adapter that does not have a Micro SIM card installed. seat. the

The utility model also provides a SIM card holder whose thickness is minimized. the

In order to achieve the above object, the SIM card holder provided by the utility model includes: a cover part for covering a SIM card adapter or a SIM card; Insert and place the bottom surface of the SIM card adapter or the insertion slot of the SIM card; the contact terminal protruding from the bottom surface to a predetermined height for electrically connecting with the terminal of the micro SIM card or SIM card installed in the SIM card adapter; fixed setting The elastic pressing part on the cover part is used for elastically pressing the SIM card adapter or SIM card inserted into the insertion slot. the

Moreover, the predetermined height is 0.25mm˜0.35mm. the

In addition, the elastic pressing member is a leaf spring. the

In addition, there are multiple elastic pressing members. the

In order to achieve the above purpose, the mobile communication device provided by the utility model is equipped with the above-mentioned SIM card holder. the

As mentioned above, according to the present invention, the SIM card adapter or the common SIM card is pressed by the elastic pressing member, so that the thickness of the SIM card holder can be minimized. Moreover, the terminals of the SIM card adapter or the SIM card can be stably electrically contacted with the contact terminals, and the contact terminals will not be damaged even when the SIM card adapter or the SIM card that does not have a micro-SIM card installed is pulled out from the insertion slot. the

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the front view of SIM card adapter;

Fig. 2 is the front view of existing SIM card holder;

Fig. 3 is a side sectional view showing the state when the SIM card adapter that does not install the Micro SIM card is pulled out from the SIM card holder;

Fig. 4 is the front view of the SIM card holder provided by the utility model;

Fig. 5 is the side sectional view of the state that the SIM card adapter that Micro SIM card is installed is installed in the SIM card holder that the utility model provides roughly. the

Detailed ways

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments according to the present utility model will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Those skilled in the art should understand that the embodiments described in this specification and the structures shown in the accompanying drawings are only preferred embodiments of the utility model, and the utility model is not limited thereto, without departing from the scope of the utility model Various modifications or changes are possible within the scope of thought. the

Fig. 4 is the front view of the SIM card holder provided by the utility model, and Fig. 5 is a side sectional view schematically showing the state in which the SIM card adapter with the Micro SIM card is installed in the SIM card holder provided by the utility model. the

As shown in Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, the SIM card holder 200 provided by the utility model includes: a cover part 220 for covering the SIM card adapter 100 or a SIM card; The bottom of cover part 220 is formed with the bottom surface 230 that is used to insert and arrange the insertion slot ₂₁₀ of SIM card adapter or SIM card; A contact terminal 240 for electrical connection with a terminal (not shown) of a card or SIM card (ordinary SIM card); an elastic pressing member 250 fixedly arranged on the cover member 220 for elastically pressing and inserting into the insertion groove 210 SIM card adapter 10 or SIM card. Here, the predetermined height H ₂ is the height from the bottom surface 230 to the highest point of the contact terminal 240 .

According to the above structure of the present invention, since the SIM card adapter 10 or the SIM card inserted in the insertion groove 210 can be elastically pressed by the elastic pressing member 250, the predetermined height _H2 of the contact terminal 240 protruding from the bottom surface can be set as 0.25 mm to 0.35 mm, which is 0.3 mm lower than the existing predetermined height H ₁ of 0.55 mm to 0.65 mm. Therefore, when the user inserts the empty SIM card adapter 10 that does not install the Micro SIM card into the insertion slot 210, and then pulls out the SIM card adapter 10, because the height H ₂ of the contact terminal 240 of the present utility model is relatively low, the SIM The side wall of the main body 11 of the card adapter 10 will not be caught by the contact terminal 240, and the SIM card adapter can be pulled out smoothly, thereby preventing the broken finger 240 from being damaged. Moreover, since the elastic pressing part 250 elastically presses the SIM card adapter 10 or the SIM card inserted in the insertion groove 210, the terminals of the SIM card adapter 10 or the SIM card can be stably electrically contacted with the contact terminal 240, and no The phenomenon of loose contact.

Here, the elastic pressing member 250 may be any member as long as it has elasticity. In the present invention, it is preferably a leaf spring, but it may also be supported by a plastic material. the

Moreover, in FIG. 4 , one elastic pressing member 250 is provided, but there may be multiple ones, so that the terminals of the SIM card adapter 10 or the SIM card are electrically contacted with the contact terminals 240 more stably. the

And, owing to being provided with described elastic pressing member 250, thus can be set to make contact member 240 protrude predetermined height H ₂ from described bottom surface 230 lower, therefore can minimize the thickness of SIM card holder 200, can further minimize The thickness of the mobile communication device installed with the SIM card holder.

As mentioned above, in the SIM card holder provided by the present invention, the SIM card adapter or the common SIM card is pressed by the elastic pressing member, so that the thickness of the SIM card holder can be minimized. Moreover, the terminals of the SIM card adapter or the SIM card can be stably electrically contacted with the contact terminals, and the contact terminals will not be damaged even when the SIM card adapter or the SIM card that does not have a micro-SIM card installed is pulled out from the insertion slot. the

Claims (5)

1. A SIM card holder, characterized in that, comprising: A cover part for covering the SIM card adapter or the SIM card; The bottom surface of the insertion groove for inserting and placing the SIM card adapter or SIM card is formed on the lower part of the cover part facing the cover part; A contact terminal protruding from the bottom surface to a predetermined height for electrically connecting with a micro-SIM card or a terminal of a SIM card installed in the SIM card adapter; The elastic pressing part fixedly arranged on the cover part is used for elastically pressing the SIM card adapter or the SIM card inserted into the insertion slot. 2. The SIM card holder according to claim 1, characterized in that the predetermined height is 0.25mm-0.35mm. 3. The SIM card holder according to claim 1, wherein the elastic pressing member is a leaf spring. 4. The SIM card holder according to claim 1, wherein there are multiple elastic pressing members. 5. A mobile communication device, characterized in that the mobile communication device is equipped with a SIM card holder as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5.

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