Patent ID: 6162075
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A PC card connector, comprising:a header connector including an insulative housing and a plurality of terminals retained in the housing, a receiving space being defined by the housing for receiving an inserted PC card;a shielding cover assembled to the housing for shielding the header connector and the inserted PC card;an ejector means mounted to the shielding cover and being adapted to eject the PC card;a bracket secured to a lateral edge of the shielding cover and including a central wall, an upper side wall and a lower side wall, the upper side wall defining an aperture;an elongate base fixingly received in the bracket and defining a cam channel;an elongate rod movably assembled to the base and received in the bracket, the rod defining a depression corresponding to the aperture of the bracket and a groove;a slider being movably received in the groove and including a pin biased to be slidably received in the cam channel, the slider being adapted to push one end of the ejector means to eject the PC card; anda lock plate having a fixed end and a movable end, the movable end includes a stop tab and a spring tab, the fixed end being secured to the upper wall of the bracket, the stop tab extending through the aperture of the bracket into the depression of the rod, the spring tab being disposed in the way where a PC card is inserted into the receiving space and being upwardly moveable by insertion of the PC card to upwardly move the stop tab out of the depression of the rod;wherein the spring tab is substantially T-shaped and in an offset manner extending from a lateral edge of the lock plate;wherein the spring tab has an elongate contact portion extending substantially parallel to a direction in which the PC card is inserted into the PC card connector;wherein the spring tab has a pair of opposite upwardly bent ends to provide the spring tab with an arcuate cross-section thereby facilitating the insertion and engagement of the PC card;wherein the stop portion is downwardly bent to extend through the aperture and into the depression;wherein a first mounting hole is defined in the bracket and a second mounting hole is define in the lock plate, a screw extending through the first and second mounting holes and securing the fixed end of the lock plate to the bracket.