Patent ID: 6033242
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
An IC card connector comprising: a pin housing provided with a large number of pin contacts connected to socket contacts of an IC card,a push rod which is supported so as to be capable of reciprocating by a frame integrally formed with the pin housing and which is depressed when extracting the IC card,an eject lever which is supported by the pin housing so as to be rotatable around a first support shaft and one end of which is engaged with the push rod, anda drive lever which is supported by the pin housing so as to be rotatable around a second support shaft,wherein formed on said drive lever are two engagement portions which are engaged with said eject lever, and the distance from said second support shaft to each of said engagement portions is set to be different, and wherein, when pushing out said IC card from an inserted state to a discharge position, a torque of said eject lever adapted to rotate upon the depressing of the push rod is transmitted to said drive lever through the engagement portion which is farther from said second support shaft and is then transmitted to said drive lever through that engagement portion which is nearer to said second support shaft.