Patent ID: 8811025
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A connector into which an object having an ejection-prevent portion is insertable along an insert direction toward a rear end of the connector, the object being ejectable from the connector along an eject direction opposite to the insert direction, the connector comprising: an eject bar movable along the insert direction; an eject lever configured to be operated by the eject bar; a lock portion movable in a width direction perpendicular to the insert direction; and a stopper; wherein: when the eject bar moves along the insert direction, the lock portion moves along the insert direction from a lock position where the lock portion faces the stopper in the width direction to an unlock position which is between the stopper and the rear end of the connector in the insert direction; when the object is in an inserted state where the object is inserted in the connector, the ejection-prevent portion of the object is located between the lock portion and the rear end of the connector in the insert direction; when the object in the inserted state is moved along the eject direction without operating the eject bar, the ejection-prevent portion is brought into abutment with the lock portion, the abutment moves the lock portion in the width direction, and the moved lock portion is received and stopped by the stopper so that the object is prevented from being ejected; and when the eject bar is moved along the insert direction under the inserted state, the eject lever presses and moves the object in the eject direction while the lock portion moves toward the unlock position to be brought into abutment with the ejection-prevent portion, and the lock portion in abutment with the ejection-prevent portion moves in the width direction without being stopped by the stopper so that the object is ejected.