Card ejector having a slider and a spring engaging a stopper on a metallic shell
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorHendrikus P. G. Van der Steen
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Abstract
An electrical card connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a number of contacts (2) assembled in the insulative housing, an ejector (4) assembled at a side of the insulative housing, and a metallic shell (3) comprising a stopper portion (313). The ejector includes a slider (41) moveable along a mating direction and an ejection direction opposite to the mating direction, a spring member (43) for urging the slider to move along the ejection direction, and a pin member (42) having one end (421) secured on the insulative housing and the other one end (422) moveably guided by the slider. The stopper portion (313) stops the spring member (43) from urging the slider (41) during movement of the slider along the ejection direction.
Claims19
An electrical card connector comprising:
- an insulative housing;
- a plurality of contacts assembled in the insulative housing;
- an ejector assembled at a side of the insulative housing, the ejector comprising a slider moveable along a mating direction and an ejection direction opposite to the mating direction, a spring member for urging the slider to move along the ejection direction, and a pin member having one end secured on the insulative housing and the other one end moveably guided by the slider;
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- a metallic shell comprising a stopper portion stopping the spring member for not pushing the slider during movement of the slider along the ejection direction.
An electrical card connector comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a contact area and an ejector area beside the contact area in a transverse direction;
- a metallic shell assembled to the housing and cooperating with the housing to define a card receiving cavity on both the contact area and the ejection mechanism area, at least one of the housing and the shell defines a stopper face;
- a plurality of contacts disposed in the contact area with contacting sections extending into the card receiving cavity;
- an ejector disposed in the ejector area and comprising a slider movable back and forth essentially between opposite outer and inner positions along a front-to-back direction perpendicular to the transverse direction, said slider defining a locking lug extending into the card receiving cavity in the transverse direction for engagement with an electronic card which is adapted to be received in the card receiving cavity;
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- a spring having one end essentially constantly biasing the slider toward the outer position until said spring is located at a position corresponding to the outer position where said stopper face abuts against said one end of the spring in the front-to-back direction to prevent the spring from further forward moving.
An electrical card connector comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a contact area and an ejector area beside the contact area in a transverse direction;
- a metallic shell assembled to the housing and cooperating with the housing to define a card receiving cavity on both the contact area and the ejection mechanism area;
- a plurality of contacts disposed in the contact area with contacting sections extending into the card receiving cavity;
- an ejector disposed in the ejector area and comprising a slider movable back and forth essentially between opposite outer and inner positions along a front-to-back direction perpendicular to the transverse direction, said slider defining a locking lug extending into the card receiving cavity in the transverse direction for engagement with an electronic card which is adapted to be received in the card receiving cavity;
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- a spring having one end applying an outward force upon a face of the slider toward the outer position when the slider is located at the inner position while said one end is parted from said face when said slider is moved to the outer position thus applying no outward force upon said face so as to facilitate tilting the slider for withdrawal of the electronic card.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.