Patent ID: 6878003

Claim:
A card slot assembly which has a card receiving portion for receiving a card in an insertion direction within the card slot assembly, the card slot assembly comprising: card ejector, which is movable along the insertion direction between a locked position and an ejecting position, wherein the card ejector moves to the locked position when the card is received within the card slot assembly, while the card ejector exerts on the received card an ejection force in an ejection direction opposite to the insertion direction when the card ejector moves from the locked position to the ejecting position; actuator, which is coupled to the card ejector and urges the card ejector to be positioned at the ejecting position; a pivot; a locking member, which is rotatably supported by the pivot, wherein a rotational range of the locking member is between a first rotational position and a second rotational position, the locking member locks the card ejector at the locked position when the locking member is positioned at the first rotational position, and the locking member unlocks the card ejector when the locking member is positioned at the second rotational position, so as to allow the card ejector to move in the ejecting direction in accordance with the actuator; a solenoid mechanism supporting a rod member movably in an axial direction of the rod member between a first rod position and a second rod position; and crank mechanism, which is coupled to the rod member and is positioned close to the locking member, wherein, when the rod member moves from the first rod position to the second rod position, the crank mechanism converts the movement of the rod member into a rotation force and rotates the locking member from the first rotational position towards the second rotational position by means of the rotation force.