Card connector device for ejecting card by slider
AssigneeAlps Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorYoshifumi Okabe
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Abstract
A card connector device includes a housing, a slider, a coil spring for urging the slider to an ejection direction of a small memory card, and an ejection mechanism for locking the slider at a loading position of the card and releasing a lock state of the slider when the card is once pushed into the depth from its loading position. A protrusion capable of engaging with and disengaging from a recess of the card is formed in the slider. The slider is allowed to rock in a direction in which the protrusion disengages from the recess at an ejection position of the card, and movement of the slider is restricted in a direction in which the protrusion does not disengage from the recess at the loading position of the card.
Claims6
A card connector device including a housing h aving an insertion space into which a card is loaded, a slider capable of reciprocating in loading and ejection directions of said card while keeping engagement with said card, an urging member for resiliently urging said slider in the ejection direction of said card, a lock mechanism for locking said slider at a position at which said card is loaded into said housing, and a lock release mechanism for releasing the lock state of said slider when said card is once pushed into the depth from the loading position thereof, wherein a protrusion capable of engaging with and disengaging from a recess formed at a side edge of said card is formed in said slider, said slider is allowed to undergo displacement at the ejection position of said card in a direction in which said protrusion disengages from said recess, and movement of said slider is restricted in a direction in which said protrusion does not disengage from said recess at the loading position of said card.
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