Patent ID: 7484976

Claim:
A card connector for connecting a card having a locking portion, comprising: a housing including a card insertion slot for inserting the card and a reception space for accommodating the card, said housing including a recess portion; a contact disposed in the housing for contacting with the card; an ejector disposed in the housing for inserting and pulling out the card in a card insertion and pull-out direction, said ejector including a corresponding locking portion to be locked with the locking portion, said ejector being slidable in the card insertion and pull-out direction between a holding position away from the card insertion slot and a temporary holding position close to the card insertion slot in a state that the corresponding locking portion is locked with the locking portion, said ejector being accommodated in the recess portion to be slidable in a direction crossing the card insertion and pull-out direction when the ejector is situated at the temporary holding position, said corresponding locking portion contacting with the card and moving away from the locking portion in the direction crossing the card insertion and pull-out direction when the card moves toward the card insertion slot beyond the temporary holding position; and an elastic member disposed in the housing for urging the ejector from the holding position to the temporary holding position, said elastic member being arranged along the card insertion and pull-out direction in parallel to the ejector, said elastic member moving away from the locking portion in the direction crossing the card insertion and pull-out direction when the card moves toward the card insertion slot beyond the temporary holding position so that the corresponding locking portion is unlocked from the locking portion.