Patent ID: 7988471

Claim:
A memory card connector, comprising: a housing for receiving a memory card therein, the housing including a base portion and at least one side rail extending from the base portion, the base portion and side rail cooperatively defining an interior space of said connector into which said memory card can be inserted by a user, the housing base portion supporting a plurality of conductive terminals at least partially within the connector interior space; a slide member for guiding a memory card into and out of said connector interior space, the slide member being slidable in first and second, opposite directions along the one side rail, said slide member including a slide surface that contacts and slides along said one side rail; a biasing member applying a biasing force to said slide member which urges said slide member in the second direction; and, a reservoir interposed between said slide surface and side rail, the reservoir including a viscous damping material having a consistency sufficient to at least partially retard a biasing force applied by the biasing member to a memory card in said connector interior space to retard movement of said slide member and said memory card in said second direction.