Patent ID: 9336461
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: G06K

Claim Text:
1. An electronic card connector comprising: an insulative housing defining a receiving cavity; a plurality of terminals retained in the insulative housing; a metal shell having a top wall, an elastic piece extending into a holding hole of the top wall; and an ejecting mechanism located on a side of the insulative housing and including a slider and a resilient mechanism; wherein the slider is urged by the elastic piece to a final position when an electronic card is fully inserted; wherein a part of the resilient mechanism is moveable forwardly to engage the slider and then is backwardly moveable together with the engaged slider to eject the inserted electronic card; wherein said elastic piece has a flexible piece and a curved piece, the slider is movable by an inserted electronic card from an original position to the final position, a rear end of the slider is resisted against by the flexible piece at the final position, and a front end of the slider is resisted against by the curved piece at the original position, wherein each of the curved piece and the flexible piece has a guiding piece curling upward from a free end thereof to guide a movement of the slider under the elastic piece; wherein the resilient mechanism has a buckling portion and the slider has a hollow for receiving the buckling portion; and wherein said insulative housing has a pushing bulge outside the sliding track, the resilient mechanism includes a lever having a bottom depression for accommodating the pushing bulge, and a lower baffle located in front of the depression, and the pushing bulge pushes the baffle laterally during ejecting an inserted card to disengage the buckling portion from the hollow.