Patent ID: 8393910

Claim:
A card connector comprising: a housing configured to accommodate therein a card which is provided with terminal members; connection terminals mounted in the housing and configured to be capable of coming into contact with the terminal members of the card; a card guide mechanism which is provided with a slide member configured to slide while holding therein the card inserted into the housing and an urging member configured to urge the slide member in a direction opposite to an insertion direction of the card, and is configured to hold the card at a lock position thereof to thereby maintain a state where the terminal members of the card are in contact with the connection terminals, and when the card is moved in the insertion direction to reach an over-stroke position thereof by a pushing operation to push the card being held at the lock position in the insertion direction, to thereby move the card in the direction opposite to the insertion direction from the over-stroke position by an urging force of the urging member to be ejected therefrom; and a cover member mounted on the housing and configured to cover at least the slide member and a portion of the card inserted into the housing; wherein: the cover member is provided with a cantilever-like brake member which has a base end portion thereof being integrally connected to the cover member and a free end thereof being formed with a sliding portion; and the slide member is provided with a brake-receipt portion containing a braking face capable of permitting the sliding portion to be in close contact therewith, the braking face being formed therein with a plurality of convex portions which is arranged in the insertion direction of the card.