Patent ID: 7238034
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: G06K,H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. A memory card connector having an interior cavity into which a memory card is inserted to a temporary retained position and then to a fully inserted position, comprising: an insulating housing having a rear terminal-mounting section at a rear of the cavity; a plurality of terminals mounted on the terminal-mounting section of the housing and having contact portions for engaging contacts on the memory card; a slider movably mounted on the housing and engageable with the memory card for movement therewith, the slider being slidable along a side wall of the housing, and the slider having a projection engageable in a recess in a side of the memory card; and a sheet metal shell covering at least a portion of the insulating housing and including a cover plate overlying at least a portion of said cavity, a side wall plate depending from the cover plate and overlying at least a portion of the side wall of the housing, and a spring structure stamped and formed out of an opening in said side wall plate and engageable with the slider to bias the projection of the slider into the recess in the memory card, the spring structure being integral with the side wall plate at opposite edges of said opening.