Patent ID: 7291026
Filing Date: 2007-11-06
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A memory card connector, comprising: an insulative housing having a terminal-mounting section which mounts a plurality of conductive terminals having contact portions for engaging appropriate contacts on a memory card and which at least in part defines a card-receiving cavity for receiving the memory card; a card eject mechanism including a slider movably mounted on the housing and engageable with the memory card for movement therewith into and out of the cavity, and an ejection spring to bias the slider and memory card in an ejection direction, the slider having an elongated guide slot between a pair of opposite parallel side walls extending longitudinally in the direction of movement of the slider; and a metal shell mounted on the housing and combining therewith in defining said card-receiving cavity, the shell including a generally planar top wall with an elongated guide tab, said elongated guide tab has a height and a length that is greater than said height and that defines an elongated edge, said elongated guide tab extends from said top wall, with said elongated edge extending therefrom and projecting into the guide slot of the slider and having opposite longitudinal planar surfaces opposing the side walls of the slot, said elongated guide tab being generally planar and extending in a direction generally perpendicular to the plane of said top wall.