Patent ID: 6382993
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A card connector (1) comprising:an insulative transverse base (20); a plurality of terminals (50) retained in said transverse base (20); each of said terminals (50) including: an elongated planar mounting portion (503) with a molding section (506) embedded within the base (20); a contact portion (505) curvedly extending forwardly from a front portion of said mounting portion (503); a tail portion (501) disposed on a rear portion of said mounting portion (503), said tail portion (501) including a vertical section (502) vertically extending from said rare portion of said mounting portion (503), and a solder section (507) horizontally rearwardly extending from a distal end of said vertical section (502); a write-protect switch contact (61), a full-insertion switch contact (62) and a third switch contact (63) mounted in the longitudinal base (20); and an ejector (40) mounted in a longitudinal side of the shell (10), the ejector (10) including an ejection element (41) and a spring element (42) flexibly connecting the ejection element (41) with the shell (10); and a dip leg (504) vertically extending from said molding section (506) in the same direction as said vertical section (502); wherein said dip leg (504) is parallel to said vertical section (502) and is spaced from said mounting portion (503) in a lateral direction; wherein the ejection element (41) includes a body (413), an ejection tab (412) projecting transversely from a rear end of the body (413), and a notch (411) recessed in a top surface of the body (413), a barb (414) projecting from an inner side of the notch (411), and wherein a latching leg (205) projects forwardly from a side of the transverse base (20) for locking with the ejection element (41) to facilitate ejection of the card.