Patent ID: 7153149
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector having a plurality of connection terminals for contacting with a plurality of contacts of a contact region of a memory card, comprising: a case body; a slider accommodating chamber provided on said case body; said case body having an opening for said slider accommodating chamber thereon; a slider disposed in said slider accommodating chamber for movement between said opening and an interior location opposing to said opening; a first restriction section for restricting a leading end position at which said slider faces said opening in said slider accommodating chamber; a second restriction section for restricting a trailing end position at which said slider faces a location rather near to said interior location in said slider accommodating chamber; a biasing section for biasing said slider toward the leading end position; a locking mechanism provided between said case body and said slider for moving, when said slider is pushed in from the leading end position to the trailing end position, said slider forwardly from the trailing end position until said slider is locked at an intermediate position between the leading end position and the trailing end position and for canceling the locking when said slider is pushed in again from the intermediate position; a memory card accommodating chamber provided on said slider for receiving the contact region of the memory card inserted therein; said case body having an insertion opening for the memory card into said memory card accommodating chamber provided so as to face the inner side of said opening when said slider is positioned at the leading end position; a retaining mechanism provided on said slider for retaining, when the contact region of the memory card is inserted into said memory card accommodating chamber, the inserted state of the contact region of the memory card; a plurality of slider side contacts provided in said memory card accommodating chamber for contacting, when the contact region of the memory card is inserted in said memory card accommodating chamber, individually with the contacts of the contact region of the memory card; and a connection mechanism provided in said slider accommodating chamber for electrically connecting said connection terminals and said slider side contacts individually to each other.