Patent ID: 6234813
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: G06K,H05K

Abstract:
An ejection mechanism for a card connector comprising:a stamped metal shell for receiving a card, the metal shell having a guide section at one side thereof,a stamped ejection rod slidably mounted within the guide section, the ejection rod having an inner surface, an outer surface and a thickness; anda stamped ejection lever rotatable with respect to an inner surface of the metal shell, the ejection lever operatively connected to the ejection rod such that the ejection lever is rotated during sliding of the ejection rod,wherein the guide section of the metal shell includes an inner wall facing the inner surface of the ejection rod, outer wall sections facing the outer surface of the ejection rod, wherein the inner wall and outer wall sections are spaced from each other by the thickness of the ejection rod, and a cantilevered extension formed on the guide section and adapted to bias the ejection rod against the inner wall, andthe ejection rod further includes integrally formed beads longitudinally positioned at intervals along the outer surface, whereby the beads abut against the cantilevered extension of the guide section during sliding of the ejection rod.