摘要 |
A card reader apparatus is additionally provided with a lifting mechanism, thereby protecting the signal terminals which are not in use, yet allowing electrical contact with the signal terminals that are in use. It comprises an insulation housing having a pivotally jointing portion formed in a card insertion space, a plurality of signal terminal sets disposed on the module substrate, and a lifting mechanism including a lifting plate and elastic components. The lifting plate with a receiving space is pivotally attached to the pivotally jointing portions at one end of the lifting plate. The elastic components are arranged between the lifting plate and the insulation housing. One of the signal terminal sets has its respective contact portions corresponding to the receiving space, and the other of the signal terminal sets has its respective tip portions corresponding to the other end of the lifting plate.
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