US 2006/0234539 A1 · Card connector

Abstract

A card connector includes an insulating housing (4) defining a receiving space (44) and a receiving cavity (421) communicating with the receiving space (44); a plurality of contacts (2); an ejector (5) comprising an insulating slider (51) sliding in the receiving cavity (421) and an ejecting member (53) protruding into the receiving space (44); and a switch (3) comprising a pair of conductive pieces and a conductive plate (561), said conductive plate (561) being fixed to said slider (51), said conductive pieces engaging with said slider (51); wherein both of said pair of conductive pieces coming into contact with said conductive plate (561) when the card (6) urges the slider (51) sliding to a first position, while at least one of the conductive piece coming out of contact with said conductive plate (561) when the ejector (3) ejects the card and urges the slider (51) sliding to a second position.

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Dependent claims

A card connector adapted for receiving a card, comprising:

an insulating housing defining a card receiving space for accommodating a card and a receiving cavity communicating with the card receiving space;
a plurality of contacts retained in the insulating housing;
an ejector assembled to the insulating housing and comprising an insulating slider sliding in the receiving cavity and an ejecting member protruding into the card receiving space;
and
a switch comprising a pair of conductive pieces and a conductive plate, said conductive plate being fixed to said slider, said conductive pieces retained in said insulating housing and engaging with said slider;
wherein
both of said pair of conductive pieces come into contact with said conductive plate when the card inserts and urges the slider sliding to a first position, while at least one of the conductive piece comes out of contact with said conductive plate when the ejector ejects the card and urges the slider sliding to a second position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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