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US 7,244,130 B2Granted
Card connector having ejection mechanism
AssigneeHirose Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorOsamu Miyamoto
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Abstract
A card connector is provided with an ejection mechanism using a cycle cam. It is configured that a pin slides in a groove of the cycle cam along a direction that a card moves according to a movement of the card when the card is inserted into the card connector or pulled out from the card connector. A plurality of elastic members is provided along the direction that the card moves for pressing a specific portion of the pin against the groove of the cycle cam.
Claims10
A card connector for inserting a card therein, comprising:
- an ejection mechanism having a cycle cam and a pin, said cycle cam including a cam groove, said pin sliding in the cam groove along a first direction that the card is inserted into the card connector and a second direction that the card is pulled out from the card connector;
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- a plurality of elastic members disposed along the first direction or the second direction for pressing the pin against the cam groove, said elastic members including a first elastic member and a second elastic member arranged in parallel with each other, said first elastic member being disposed substantially above the pin, said second elastic member including a protruding portion disposed substantially above the pin, said protruding portion protruding toward the first elastic member in a third direction crossing the first direction or the second direction.
A card connector for inserting a card therein, comprising:
- an ejection mechanism having a cycle cam and a pin, said cycle cam including a cam groove, said pin sliding in the cam groove between a pulled-out position and a locked position;
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- a plurality of elastic members disposed along the first direction or the second direction for pressing the pin against the cam groove, said elastic members including a first elastic member having a first pressing portion situated at the pulled-out position for pressing the pin when the pin is situated at the pulled-out position and a second elastic member having a second pressing portion situated at the locked position for pressing the pin when the pin is situated at the pulled-out position and the locked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.