Patent ID: 7147495

Claim:
A card connector for receiving a card comprising: a dielectric housing defining a card insertion/ejection direction; a plurality of connector terminals retained in the dielectric housing and comprising a plurality of contacting portions; a shielding covering the dielectric housing and defining a card receiving space together with the dielectric housing; and an ejector comprising a push rod moving along the card insertion/ejection direction, an ejecting rod connecting with the push rod and exposed into the card receiving space for ejecting the card, a holder member retained to an outside of the shielding, a link pin and a resilient member for urging the push rod to move along the card ejection direction, the holder member formed with a heart groove, which cooperates with the link pin to securely lock the push rod and the card in a lock position during an insertion of the card and to release the push rod from the lock position by pushing the card in the lock position along the insertion direction.