Patent ID: 6969282

Claim:
A SIM card retainer used for being incorporated with a SIM card connector of a mobile phone, the SIM card retainer comprising: an installing base disposed within the mobile phone and having a receiving space, the receiving space exposing the SIM card connector and being used for receiving a SIM card; and a locking device including a fixing portion, a force-applying portion and a deformable portion, wherein the locking device is disposed on the installing base and the fixing portion is opposite to the receiving space so that the SIM card is fixed within the receiving space by the fixing portion and electrically connected to the SIM card connector; wherein the SIM card is loaded into or unloaded from the installing base by applying a force on the force-applying portion to elastically deform the deformable portion and to withdraw the fixing portion from the receiving space, and wherein the SIM card is locked in the installing base by removing the applying force from the force-applying portion to recover an original shape of the deformable portion and to return the fixing portion to project over the receiving space.