Patent ID: 6609919
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: G06K,H05K

Abstract:
A card connector capable of accommodating an IC card having a locking depressed portion formed in one side thereof and a plurality of contact pads arranged on a bottom surface thereof, said card connector comprising:a connector body including a card slot for accommodating said IC card and a plurality of contact terminals adapted to respectively contact with said corresponding contact pad of said IC card; an eject member including a generally heart-shaped cam element, said eject member movable in a card insert direction relative to said connector body in response to an insertion of said IC card and movable in a card eject direction relative to said connector body in response to a predetermined card eject operation to eject said IC card from said card slot; a cam lever having one end and another end, said one end supported by said connector body and said another end capable of moving along a cam profile of said cam element; a press member disposed inside said connector body, said press member supported by said connector body in a cantilever manner and elastically pressing said cam lever so that said another end of said cam lever maintains to contact with said cam profile of said cam element; an elastic locking piece fixed to said eject member and having an engaging portion capable of engaging with said locking depressed portion of said IC card; a locking piece displacing member capable of displacing said elastic locking piece so that said engaging portion is disengaged from said locking depressed portion when said eject member moves in said card eject direction and capable of displacing said elastic locking piece so that said engaging portion is engaged with said locking depressed portion when said eject member moves in said card insert direction; an opening formed in said connector body to allow said press member to be elastically displaced, said opening exposing only a part of said press member to an outside of said connector body so that a distal end of said press member contacts with said connector body.