Patent ID: 7997913

Claim:
A card connector, comprising: a housing, the housing including a receptacle to receive therein a card in an insertion direction, the card having a terminal member; a connection terminal, the connection terminal being secured to the housing and configured to contact the terminal member of the card upon insertion of the card into the receptacle; a card ejecting action detecting switch, the card ejecting action detecting switch being configured to detect that the card is ejected from the housing; and a card guide mechanism, the card guide mechanism including an urging member for urging the card in a direction opposite the insertion direction, the card guide mechanism being configured to hold the card at a locked position to ensure contact between the terminal member of the card with the connection terminal and, to permit movement of the card in said opposite direction to thereby eject the card, by a pushing force exerted on the card in the insertion direction; wherein the card guide mechanism: ejects the card after performing a pushing action twice, holds the card at a first locking position to ensure that the terminal member of the card and the connection terminal are kept in contact with each other, allows the card to move in the opposite direction of the insertion direction from the first end point by using urging force of the urging member after the card held at the first locking position is moved in the insertion direction by a pushing action for pushing the card in the insertion direction and reaches a first end point, and allows the card to move in the opposite direction of the insertion direction from the second end point by using the urging force of the urging member to thereby eject the card after the card held at the second locking position is moved in the insertion direction by the pushing action for pushing the card in the insertion direction and reaches a second end point.