Patent ID: 6554627
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electronic card connector adapted to electrically connect an electronic card to a printed circuit board, comprising:a housing defining a receiving space therein for receiving the card, and further defining a receiving cavity; a contact module secured in the housing; and a card ejection mechanism received in the receiving cavity of the housing, the card ejection mechanism including: an elastic element; a slide block connecting with the elastic element, the slide block defining a fixing opening, the slide block being moved by the card and compressing the elastic element when the card is inserted into the connector; a slide rod having first and second ends, the first end being secured in the fixing opening of the slide block; and a guiding structure formed in the housing of the connector, the guiding structure including a recess and an arcuate island formed in a middle of the recess, a protrusion formed by the housing protruding in the recess, the second end of the slide rod being slidably fitted in the recess.