Patent ID: 7367828

Claim:
A memory card connector, comprising: an insulative housing having a rear terminal-mounting section which mounts a plurality of terminals having contact portions for engaging appropriate contacts on a memory card; a metal shell mounted on the housing and combining therewith to define an interior card-receiving cavity formed by a top plate and opposite side plates of the metal shell, the cavity having a front insertion opening to permit insertion and withdrawal of the memory card into and out of the connector, with said terminal-mounting section of the housing being located at the rear of the cavity; and a card ejector mechanism at least partially beneath the cavity adjacent one side thereof, whereby the opposite side plates of the metal shell define the opposite sides of the cavity; said card-ejector mechanism including a card-engaging slider movable with the card and having a cam slot in a bottom face thereof, and one of the side plates of the metal shell has a bottom inwardly turned flange with a spring member for biasing a cam follower pin into the cam slot.