IC card connector having card ejecting function

An IC card connector comprising:

• a housing on which a plurality of terminals connectable to an inserted IC card are provided;
• a frame attached to the housing to cover the housing, the frame including a flat portion, the flat portion having an inner surface and an outer surface, an inside and an outside, a pair of mounting holes opposing each other at a predetermined distance, and a connecting portion disposed between the mounting holes and having an outer surface;
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• an ejecting lever having a thickness and overlapping the inner surface of the flat portion of the frame, the ejecting lever having an intermediate portion projecting towards the outside of the frame by an amount of the thickness of the ejecting lever to form a raised portion having a flat part and an outer surface, the ejecting lever also having a flat portion with an outer surface, the ejecting lever to push the inserted IC card in a removing direction,
• the connecting portion projecting towards the inside of the flat portion of the frame by the amount of the thickness of the ejecting lever,
• the ejecting layer inserted through the mounting holes and passing over the connecting portion, the flat part of the raised portion in planar contact with the connecting portion, the outer surface of the flat portion of the frame excepting the connecting portion approximately flush with the outer surface of the raised portion of the ejecting lever, the outer surface of the flat portion of the ejecting lever excepting the raised portion approximately flush with the outer surface of the connecting portion of the frame,
• the ejecting lever rotatably supported along the inner surface of the flat portion of the frame, rotation of the ejecting lever occurring with the flat part of the raised portion in planar contact with the connecting portion.