Patent ID: 6976860

Claim:
A card connector with two-stage ejection mechanism and card-retaining mechanism comprising: a plastic case body having a side wall with a heart-shaped cam groove near to the side wall; a shielding case cover having a side board for engagement with the side wall of the plastic case body to form a card inserting space, wherein a memory card is inserted and stays at the back of the card inserting space, a guiding groove being set near to the side board on the shielding case cover and stretching along the card inserting direction, a flexural border being near to the side border of the side board, and the distance from the side board to the front of the flexural border being smaller than the distance to the back of the flexural border; and a two-stage ejection mechanism and a card-retaining mechanism being set between the plastic case body and the shielding case cover, the two-stage ejection mechanism and card-retaining mechanism comprising a pin member, one end of the pin member being movably put in the heart-shaped cam groove, another end of the pin member being linked with a slider, the both ends being connected by a connecting portion, the slider being slidably engaged with the side wall of the plastic case body, a spring being configured between the slider and the plastic case body, a pressing elastic pin being formed on one end of the slider propping the connecting portion of the pin member, a retaining elastic pin being formed on the other end of the slider, a guiding arm being extended from the retaining elastic pin upwardly to stretch into the guiding groove of the shielding case cover and prop the flexural border of the guiding groove, a retaining portion being extended from the retaining elastic pin toward the memory card, the groove set on one side of the memory card being on the same axis with the retaining portion.