Patent ID: 6796816
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: G06K,H01R

Abstract:
A card connector for interconnecting an integrated circuit cad with a circuit board on which the card connector is mounted, the card connector comprising:an insulative header defining a plurality of terminal-receiving passageways therein; a plurality of terminals received in corresponding passageways of the header, for connecting with corresponding mating contacts of the card; a card ejection mechanism adapted to release a card from the card connector, the card ejection mechanism comprising a combined portion, a heart-shaped cam groove being defined in the combined portion, a plurality of cam surfaces being defined at the cam groove, the cam surfaces defining different groove depths and having different slopes, and at least one metallic piece being provide at a wall of the combined portion corresponding to two of the cam surfaces, at an inverse-point position, wherein the ejection mechanism further comprises a driving device, and the driving device comprises a metallic cover and a control means slidably received in the cam groove, wherein the metallic piece confronts the control means during a final stage of ejection of the electronic card.