Patent ID: 6960091

Claim:
A card connector for receiving and ejecting a card therein and therefrom along receiving and ejecting directions which are opposite to each other, the card connector comprising: a housing; a slider slidably held by the housing, wherein the slider is slidable along the receiving and the ejecting directions, while carrying the card thereon, and the slider has an ejecting-directional end as an end thereof in the ejecting direction; a stopper, which is fitted with the ejecting-directional end of the slider with latching by the slider; and controlling means for controlling the slide of the slider between first and second positions, wherein the slider is received by the housing when being positioned at the first position, the slider partially projects from the housing when being positioned at the second position; and biasing means for biasing the slider towards the second position, the controlling means comprising: a cam member, which has a cam and is fixed to the slider, wherein the cam has a heart-like share in a plane perpendicular to a lateral direction which is perpendicular to the receiving and the ejecting directions; and a cam follower, which comprises a held portion, an arm portion and a follower portion, wherein the held portion is held by the housing and extends in the lateral direction, the arm portion extends from the held portion and forms a particular angle with the held portion, the particular angle is less than 90 degrees, the follower portion extends from the arm portion in the lateral direction and is arranged to be able to follow the heart-like shape of the cam.