Patent ID: 6089895
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: G06K,H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A card connector for electrically connecting a card to a circuit board, said card connector including a hollow insulator having a bottom wall and an insertion opening through which said card is inserted therein, and a protruded terminal array portion of said circuit board, which extends through said bottom wall of said hollow insulator to protrude into an inside of said hollow insulator, said card having a recessed terminal array portion, wherein said protruded terminal array portion and said recessed terminal array portion are arranged to be engaged with each other for electrical connection between said card and said circuit board, the card connector further comprising:a slider movably accommodated within said hollow insulator for guiding said card to said protruded terminal array portion, said slider having a rear end;a protruded portion formed on a bottom of said rear end of said slider;a first urging member for urging said slider toward said bottom of said hollow insulator;said bottom wall of said hollow insulator having a hole formed therein, said hole being formed at a location which engages with said protruded portion of said slider when said recessed terminal array portion of said card guided by said slider is at a position exactly above said protruded terminal array portion of said circuit board, whereby when said recessed terminal array portion of said card is brought to said position exactly above said protruded terminal array portion, said protruded portion of said slider is caused to drop into said hole by an urging force of the first urging member so that said slider is brought into an inclined position which is inclined with respect to a direction of insertion of said card to thereby cause said recessed terminal array portion of said card to engage with said protruded terminal array portion of said circuit board; card-ejecting means for returning said card from said inclined position to a level position to thereby disengage said recessed terminal array portion of said card from said protruded terminal array portion of said circuit board; anda second urging member for pushing back said slider toward said insertion opening of said hollow insulator when said recessed terminal array portion of said card is disengaged from said protruded terminal array portion of said circuit board by said card-ejecting means.