Patent ID: 7361037

Claim:
A card connector comprising: a group of contact pieces which are electrically connected to connecting terminals of an IC card; a substantially rectangular and tabular housing which supports the group of contact pieces; and an eject mechanism for extracting the IC card, the eject mechanism being provided in the housing; wherein the IC card is inserted and extracted in substantially parallel with one plane of the housing, wherein the eject mechanism includes a pair of guiding walls lying opposite to each other adjacent to the group of contact pieces, an eject plate which can slide between the pair of guiding walls, and a cover plate attached to the housing so as to cover the eject plate, wherein the eject plate includes at a first end portion thereof a bent strip abutting an end portion of the IC card, and at a second end portion thereof a pull-out strip allowing extraction of the IC card with respect to the housing, wherein the eject plate includes a pair of protrusions spaced each other that protrude towards the cover plate, the cover plate includes an engaging hole which engages with the pair of protrusions, a first protrusion engages with the engaging hole when the IC card is inserted, and a second protrusion engages with the engaging hole when the IC card is withdrawn.