Patent ID: 7040908
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A card connector adapted to connect a predetermined card, the card connector comprising: a base member defining a receiving portion for receiving the predetermined card; a plurality of contacts held by the base member; and an eject mechanism for removing the predetermined card from the receiving portion in a first direction, the eject mechanism comprising: two eject plates arranged on the base member to be adjacent to each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and independently movable in the first direction, the eject plates being for transmitting a removing force to the predetermined card; a support plate engaged with the eject plates in the first direction and movable in the second direction; a first plate support point portion connected to the base member and adapted to be engaged with a first part of the support plate in the first direction to serve as a support point of the support plate when the support plate is located on one side in the second direction, an eject lever having a lever support point portion engaged with the base member and a lever rotating portion engaged with the support plate between the first and the second parts, the eject lever having a structure in which a position of the lever support point portion is changeable in the second direction, wherein the base member comprises: an insulator holding the contacts; and a cover connected to the insulator and covering one surface of the receiving portion; the cover having a plurality of holding portions aligned in the second direction, the lever support point portion being rotatably engaged with a selected one of the holding portions.