Patent ID: 6994573
Filing Date: 2006-02-07
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A connector for a memory card comprising: a box-shaped housing having an opening on a front face through which the memory card is inserted, the housing being configured by a base shell comprising a metal plate and a cover shell comprising a metal plate, the cover shell engaging with the base shell; a contact block provided in a vicinity of a rear end of the housing, and holding a plurality of contacts corresponding to I/O contacts of the memory card on a resin molded base member so that the contacts are aligned parallel to each other in a widthwise direction of the housing and extend toward the opening; and a slider movably disposed between the opening and the contact block in the housing to correspond to an insertion and withdrawal of the memory card to and from the housing; wherein the slider comprises a resin molded member having a center portion disposed perpendicular to a moving direction of the slider and a pair of arms that protrude forward from sides of a front face of the center portion, the memory card being guided and held between the arms, and wherein the slider receives pressing forces of coil springs at both sides of a rear face of the center portion.