Patent ID: 7922505
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A card connector comprising: a slide member disposed on one lateral side inside a body having a space for allowing insertion of a card, the slide member coming into engagement with the card when the card is inserted, the slide member being movable along an inserting/withdrawing direction of the card; an urging member for urging the slide member toward a card insertion opening; a pin member having a slide end that is slidable within a cam groove formed in the slide member relative thereto and a support shaft end that is supported to the body; wherein when the card is pushed in to the deepest position inside the body and then released from this pushing, the slide member is pushed back by the urging member and the slide end is retained at a lock portion formed in the cam groove, whereby the card is maintained at an appropriate position; wherein, when the card is pushed in again away from the appropriate position and then released from this pushing, the slide end is released from the lock portion and the slide member is pushed back by the urging member, whereby the card is discharged from the body; and a switch mechanism that is activated by the support shaft end when the slide end is pushed by the slide member in the urging direction of the urging member while the slide end is retained at the lock portion.