Patent ID: 7518870

Claim:
A card slot apparatus, comprising: a slot body having a slot in which a card is inserted; a heat radiating unit movable between a first position spaced apart from the card, and a second position contacting the card; a moving unit for moving the heat radiating unit to the second position while moving in a direction opposite to an insertion direction of the card substantially concurrently with an insertion operation of the card into the slot body, the moving unit further comprising a link member for rotating forwardly and backward for contacting a preceding end of the card inserted in the slot body; a lever member coupled to the link member to linearly move according to a rotation of the link member, and having a first cam and a second cam; a first guide coupled to the heat radiating unit through the first cam; and a second guide coupled to the elastic unit through the second cam; and an elastic unit for elastically urging the moving unit in a moving direction thereof.