Patent ID: 6896555
Filing Date: 2005-05-24
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A memory card connector comprising: a housing; a plurality of terminals set on housing for electrically connecting with the adapted terminals of a memory card; a circular guiding groove set on the housing; a sliding pin bent into a specific shape, which includes a linkage portion and a clasping portion, wherein the clasping portion can be located at a predetermined insertion position and a predetermined rejection position of the circular guiding groove alternately; a sliding member which can be slid to the corresponding positions according to the insertion and the rejection of the memory card, a recess portion formed on the front end of the sliding member, a retaining hole formed on the recess portion, the linkage portion of the sliding pin penetrated through the retaining hole and retained on the recess portion, the indented depth of the recess portion on the sliding member substantially equal to the thickness of the sliding pin and the top of the sliding pin being substantially at the same level as the surface of the sliding member; a resilient member disposed with one end thereof against the housing and the other end thereof against the sliding member for providing the sliding member with a restoring force toward the rejection direction of the memory card; a retaining sheet formed on the side of the sliding member, with the end thereof stamped into a dimple for engaging with a notch formed on the corresponding side of the memory card and retaining the memory card in the insertion position; and a retaining portion formed on the side of the housing corresponding to the position of the dimple for containing the dimple when the sliding member is in the rejection position.