Patent ID: 7410375

Claim:
A card connector for receiving a card, comprising: an insulative housing defining a card receiving space; a plurality of contacts mounted in the insulative housing to contact with the card; an eject mechanism comprising: a slider movably mounted on the housing and engageable with the card; a spring biasing the slider to move in a direction opposite to an insertion direction of the card; a cam mechanism comprising an cam and a cam groove formed around the cam, the cam groove defining a starting point, the cam defining a first recessed portion and a second recessed portion, both the first recessed portion and the second recessed portion communicating with the cam groove; and a pin member having a guide end movable within the cam groove to restrict movement of the slider and disengages from the first recessed portion and the second recessed portion in an orderly manner upon ejection of the card, wherein the first recessed portion configured to retain the guide end in a first position of the cam groove when the card is in use, the second recessed portion configured to retain the guide end in a second position of the cam groove upon ejection of the card which is essentially an intermediate position prior to full rejection of the card.