CONNECTOR FOR A CARD CONTAINING AN ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT

摘要

A connector for a card containing an electronic circuit comprises a frame comprising an arrangement for locating the card in an insertion position and an arrangement for holding the card in a reading position parallel to a median plane of the connector in contact with contact members which electrically connect the circuit of the card to a device in which the connector is installed. The insertion position is inclined relative to the reading position. The locating arrangement comprises a groove adapted to receive a first side of the card, formed by at least one fixed part and at least one mobile part respectively adapted to contact a first side and a second side of the card. The mobile part is adapted to press the card against the fixed part to hold the card in the inclined insertion position. The arrangement for holding the card in the reading position is disposed in contact with the first edge and with a second edge opposite the first edge. The card moves from the inclined position to the reading position by tilting about an axis parallel to the groove, this tilting causing displacement of the mobile part by virtue of elasticity so that the mobile part urges the card against the fixed part to hold the card in the reading position.