Card connector
AssigneeKyocera Elco Corporation
InventorHIROKI SADATOKU
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Abstract
A card connector for accommodating a removable card, includes a housing into and from which the removable card is inserted and ejected; connector terminals which come in contact with contacts of the removable card, respectively, when the removable card is inserted into the housing; a slider which moves in a card insertion direction and a card ejection direction, opposite to the card insertion direction, when the removable card is inserted and ejected into and from the housing, respectively; a first coil spring which biases the slider in the card insertion direction; and a second coil spring which biases the slider in the card ejection direction. Each of the first coil spring and the second coil spring remains in contact with the slider and the housing, respectively, regardless of the position of the slider.
Claims13
A card connector for accommodating a removable card, comprising:
- a housing into and from which said removable card is inserted and ejected;
- connector terminals which come in contact with contacts of said removable card, respectively, when said removable card is inserted into said housing;
- a slider which moves in a card insertion direction and a card ejection direction, opposite to said card insertion direction, when said removable card is inserted and ejected into and from said housing, respectively;
- a first coil spring which biases said slider in said card insertion direction;
- and
- a second coil spring which biases said slider in said card ejection direction,
- wherein each of said first coil spring and said second coil spring remains in contact with said slider and said housing, respectively, regardless of the position of said slider.
A card connector including a housing into which a removable card is inserted, comprising:
- connector terminals arranged inside said housing and coming in contact with contacts of said removable card, respectively, when said removable card is inserted into said housing;
- a slider positioned in said housing and slidingly movable in a card insertion direction and a card ejection direction, opposite to said card insertion direction, when said removable card is inserted and ejected into and from said housing, respectively;
- a first spring which biases said slider in said card insertion direction;
- and
- a second spring which biases said slider in said card ejection direction,
- wherein said first coil spring and said second coil spring remain in contact with said slider from opposite directions, respectively, regardless of the position of said slider.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.