Patent ID: 7357655

Claim:
A card connector having two-stage ejecting mechanism, comprising: a housing having a substantial planar surface dividing into a card receiving section, and a ejecting mechanism receiving section; a cover attached to the housing from atop so as to jointly define a receiving space with the housing for receive a card therein; the ejecting mechanism including a slider biased by a first spring member which attaches to a locating pin in the housing and moveably arranged within the ejecting mechanism receiving section, the slider including a first section engageable with a inserted card, and a second portion connected to the first section; a rotator attached to a locating post and biased by a second spring and disposed within the ejecting mechanism receiving section and having a stopper in contact with the second section of the slider; wherein when the card is inserted into the card receiving section, the second portion of the slide is distant from the stopper which is pushed and rotated by the second spring member toward the card receiving space from its original position; wherein when the card is ejected, the second portion of the slider firstly is slowed and stopped by the stopper interfered with the course of the slider; and wherein when the card is further ejected, the second portion of the slide further pushes the stopper along with the rotor back to its original position, thereby allowing the card to be completely ejected; wherein the slider comprises a body portion, a supporting portion extending from a lower portion of the body portion for engaging with the locating plate and the hook portion disposed on a top end thereof; wherein height of the hook portion and the supporting portion is higher than the body portion.