Patent ID: 6984140
Filing Date: 2006-01-10
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A smart card connector for receiving a smart card that has a front edge, said connector comprising a housing that includes a contact holder of insulating material and a plurality of contacts mounted on said contact holder, said housing also comprising a cover with an upper plate lying over said contact holder, said contact holder and cover forming at least part of a card-receiving cavity between them wherein said cavity has a rear end into which a front edge of card is inserted and moved forwardly to a fully inserted position, and said connector includes an ejection spring that urges a fully inserted card rearwardly and also includes an activatable retainer that retains a fully inserted card and that is activatable to release the card and allow it to move rearwardly, wherein: said spring has a main portion that lies outside said cover and has an outer end portion that extends into said cavity and that has an ejection spring part that is positioned to be deflected forwardly by the front edge of the card.