Patent ID: 6652300
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: G06K,H01R

Abstract:
A card connector device comprising:a slide member which slides in a card-inserting direction and a card-discharging direction of a card to be loaded in and unloaded from a housing; a return spring for urging said slide member in the card-discharging direction; a lock member for holding said slide member at a card-loading position, where said card is loaded, against urging force of said return spring, said lock member having an engagement receiving portion and being formed by bending an elastically deformable metal plate; and a releasing member for unlocking said lock member, wherein said slide member has an engaging portion to be engaged with said engagement receiving portion of said lock member, said engaging portion has an inclined face inclined in the card-inserting and card-discharging directions, and said slide member diagonally moves along said inclined face when said engaging portion disengages from said engagement receiving portion, wherein said releasing member is a pushrod disposed movably in the card-inserting direction, and said pushrod has an engagement regulating portion that regulates the upward movement of said slide member along said inclined face when said engaging portion disengages from said engagement receiving portion, wherein, in a state in which the card is loaded and said engaging portion and said engagement receiving portion are engaged with each other, said engagement regulating portion regulates the upward movement of said slide member so that said slide member is held in the card-loading position against the urging force of said return spring, and wherein, when the regulation of the upward movement of said slide member by said engagement regulating portion is removed by pushing said pushrod in the card-inserting direction, said engaging portion disengages from said engagement receiving portion, and said slide member is moved in the card-discharging direction by the urging force of said return spring to discharge the card.