Patent ID: 7686652
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A Universal Serial Bus (USB) card connector, comprising: an insulative housing comprising a rear wall and a card receiving cavity located forward the rear wall; wherein the insulative housing comprises a pair of first and second side walls extending forwardly from the rear wall, and a bottom wall connecting the pair of side walls, the card receiving cavity being disposed between the pair of first and second side walls; and a plurality of contacts retained in the rear wall and each contact comprising a contact portion protruding to the card receiving cavity, the contacts being divided into first and second contact groups with same contact arrangement in condition that each the first or the second contact group comprises four contacts including a power contact, a D− contact, a D+ contact and a grounding contact for transmitting USB or similar-USB signals; wherein a space between the first and the second contact groups is much larger than that of the adjacent two contacts in each the first or the second contact group; a card ejection mechanism which includes a slider mounted on the bottom wall, a spring and a link rod mating with the slider, the spring including one end abutting against the insulative housing and the other end abutting against the slider, and wherein the insulative housing defines a heart-shaped cam, and the link rod comprises one hook fixed to the slider and the other hook movable in the heart-shaped cam; wherein the slider comprises a main portion attached to the bottom wall of the insulative housing and an extension extending backwardly from the main portion, the extension being moveable in the space between the first and the second contact groups along a front-to-rear direction.