Patent ID: 6332790
Filing Date: 2001-12-25
Classification: G06K,H01R

Abstract:
A card connector comprising:a card member having card-side terminals;a card holding member which has mother-apparatus-side terminals to be connected with the card-side terminals, is capable of accommodating the card member such that the card member can be inserted therein and extracted therefrom, and is constructed such that, when the card member is seated inside the card holding member, the mother-apparatus-side terminals are in contact with the card-side terminals to establish an electrical connection therebetween;a slider which is installed in the card holding member so as to be movable in the direction of insertion and extraction of the card member and which moves in the direction of insertion and extraction along with the insertion and extraction of the card member;an engaging mechanism which is provided between the slider and the card member for engaging the card member with the slider; anda cam mechanism which is provided between the slider and the card holding member, and which, in response to the operation of pushing in the card member, positions and holds the slider in the contact position where the card member is held by the card holding member with the card-side terminals being in contact with the mother-apparatus-side terminals, and in the insertion/withdrawal allowing position where the card member can be inserted into or extracted from the card holding member;wherein the cam mechanism is composed of a cam protrusion that protrudes from a cam member provided in the slider and of a cam groove that is formed on the internal wall of the card holding member in opposition to the cam protrusion so as to hold the card member in the contact position and in the insertion/withdrawal allowing position; andthe engaging mechanism is composed of an engaging protrusion provided in the slider and of an engaging indention formed on the wall face of the card member in opposition to the engaging protrusion so as to engage with the engaging protrusion.