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AssigneeAlps Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorToru Nishioka
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A card connector apparatus that can prevent forced removal of a card at a predetermined mounting position and transmission of a force exerted when trying to pull the card out by force to a locking mechanism is provided. An apparatus of the present invention includes a slider, an ejection spring, a locking mechanism for the slider including a heart-shaped cam groove and a latch-pin, an engaging member, that is, a leaf spring, provided on the slider, and a fixed portion, for example, a shoulder, with which an end portion of the leaf spring engages when a compact memory card is in a state of being held at a predetermined mounting position, and an attempt is made to move the compact memory card in the ejecting direction, that is, toward the insertion port, the shoulder being formed on a housing.
A card connector apparatus comprising:
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Using an arrangement for locking the inserted card: the locking arrangement comprising a notch in the card and a complementary locking means in…
The record carrier having longitudinal dimension comparable with transverse dimension, e.g. punched card: feeding or discharging cards
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a card connector apparatus having a locking mechanism for locking a slider for transporting a compact memory card or the like, that is, an information card, to a predetermined card mounting position.
2. Description of Related Art
FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an appearance of a principal portion of a card connector apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a drawing showing a compact memory card to be inserted into and ejected from the apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 2A is a plan view, and FIG. 2B is a back view;
FIG. 3 shows a housing provided in the apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1, in which FIG. 3A is a plan view, FIG. 3B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line B-B in FIG. 3A, and FIG. 3C is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the compact memory card shown in FIG. 2 is held in a predetermined mounting position;
Referring now to attached drawings, an embodiment of a card connector apparatus according to the present invention will be described.
FIGS. 1 to 15 are drawings showing an embodiment of the card connector apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an appearance of a principal portion of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 shows a compact memory card that is inserted into and ejected from the embodiment of FIG. 1, in which FIG. 2A is a plan view, and FIG. 2B is a back view.