Patent ID: 6585542
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: G06K,H01R

Abstract:
A connector for a memory card, comprising:a housing forming an insertion part into which said memory card is inserted; a contact terminal that is formed inside said housing and formed to extend in an inserting direction so as to contact a terminal of said memory card; a press member that fits in a concavity formed on a side surface of said memory card when said memory card is inserted in said insertion part, wherein said press member comprises: a fitting part being fittingly engaged with a slider member sliding in the inserting direction by an insertion of said memory card; an arm extending in an ejecting direction from said fitting part; an engagement part that is formed to curve toward a side of said insertion part from an end of said arm so as to fit in a concavity formed in a side surface of said memory card; a stopper that is formed to protrude toward an opposite side of said insertion part from a tip of said arm and slides in the inserting direction with insertion of said memory card so as to contact said restriction member so that a movement in an engagement releasing direction is restricted; and a restriction member that restricts said press member moving away from said concavity of said memory card by directly contacting said press member when said memory card is inserted to a loaded position where said terminal of said memory card is brought into contact with said contact terminal.