Patent ID: 7413453

Claim:
A card connector adapted for receiving a card, comprising: an insulating housing defining a card insertion/ejection direction; a plurality of contacts received in the insulating housing; an ejector comprising a positioning device, a resilient member and an ejecting member cooperating with the positioning device to eject the card directly; and a holding member engaging with the ejecting member to hold the card into the card connector after the card is inserted to electrically connect with the contacts; the ejecting member collides with one end of the holding member to urge an opposite end of the holding member to lock the card when the card is inserted; the card defines a recess at a lateral side thereof and the holding member locks in the recess after the card is inserted; and the positioning device comprises a heart-shaped slot and a pin member with one end moveably disposed in the heart-shaped slot; an opposite end of the pin member is disposed on the ejecting member; the heart-shaped slot is defined at a base and the ejecting member is moveably assembled on the base; the base defines an opening and wherein the holding member is pivotally exposed into the opening; and the holding member is pivotally assembled on the base; the ejecting member is moveably assembled on the base; the ejecting member comprises a sliding portion sliding along a guiding passageway, a connecting portion extending parallel from an upper portion of the sliding portion and an ejecting portion extending downwardly from a free end of the connecting portion and exposed into a card receiving space to eject a card directly; the insulating housing has a pair of guiding arms and the holding member abuts against one of the guiding arms; and the one of guiding arms defines a cutout to communicate with the opening of the base; and a shell is approximately L-shaped.