Patent ID: 6537090
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A card connector for electrically connecting a detachable card to a circuit board, comprising:a case having a pair of side walls, a rear wall, and a bottom wall for retaining said detachable card; a cam member provided in an upper surface of one of said side walls and having an engaging portion, said cam member being made within a thickness of said one of said side walls; an ejector biased forwardly and being slidable together with said detachable card along an inside surface of said one of said side walls; a pin member supported by said ejector so as to operate along said cam member; a spring member provided in said ejector so as to bias said pin member toward said cam member thereby suppressing movement of said pin member, wherein when said detachable card is inserted into said case to a predetermined position, said pin member engages with said engaging portion of said cam member and said spring member biases said pin member toward said cam member to secure said engagement between said pin member and said engaging portion.