Patent ID: 7878826

Claim:
A card connector, in which a card accommodating space capable of accommodating at least a part of a card with an integrated circuit built therein in an insertable and drawable manner is formed by assembling a base member formed from an insulating, synthetic resin and having at least a bottom wall and a front wall and a cover member formed from a metallic sheet and having at least a roof plate and right and left side walls, the card connector comprising a plurality of contacts arranged on the base member and connected electrically to the card, an ejection member capable of moving in a longitudinal direction, in which the card is inserted and withdrawn, relative to the base member as the card is inserted and withdrawn, and having a swinging arm capable of elastic deformation in a right and left direction, a compression coil spring that biases the ejection member rearward when the card is mounted in the card accommodating space, and a heart cam mechanism including a heart cam formed on the base member and a cam groove formed to extend around the heart cam and from the heart cam and permitting movement therein of a lock pin provided at a tip end of the swinging arm, and wherein the ejection member includes a card push portion, against which a tip end of the card abuts, a body, on a forward portion of which a coil spring accommodating space accommodating therein the compression coil spring is formed, on a rear portion of which a swinging space enabling the swinging arm to swing right and left therein is formed, and which is U-shaped in vertical section, and a coupling portion, which couples between the card push portion and the forward portion of the body, the ejection member including the card push portion, the body, and the coupling portion is formed integrally from a metallic sheet, and the coil spring accommodating space and the swinging space are arranged in a row on the same line in a longitudinal direction.