Patent ID: 6817874
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A card connector device including a housing having an insertion space into which a card is loaded, a slider capable of reciprocating in loading and ejection directions of said card while keeping engagement with said card, an urging member for resiliently urging said slider in the ejection direction of said card, a lock mechanism for locking said slider at a position at which said card is loaded into said housing, and a lock release mechanism for releasing the lock state of said slider when said card is once pushed into the depth from the loading position thereof, wherein a protrusion capable of engaging with and disengaging from a recess formed at a side edge of said card is formed in said slider, said slider is allowed to undergo displacement at the ejection position of said card in a direction in which said protrusion disengages from said recess, and movement of said slider is restricted in a direction in which said protrusion does not disengage from said recess at the loading position of said card.