Card connector
AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorsToshihisa Hirata, Nobuki Ukita
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Abstract
The card connector includes a socket for inserting a tray, the socket having an ejector for ejecting the inserted tray in response to a pushing operation performed using a pin inserted into a through-hole in the tray, and a lock portion extending from the proximal portion of the socket in an oblique direction vertically with respect to the insertion direction of the tray and engaging an engaged portion of the tray on the proximal side of the ejector, the lock portion being disengaged from the engaged portion of the tray by the leveling action of the pin inserted into the through-hole, and the ejector being pushed in by the pin having leveled the lock portion.
Claims6
A card connector comprising:
- a tray for mounting a card, the tray having a panel portion rising from a proximal portion through which a through-hole has been formed;
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- a socket for inserting the tray, the socket being provided at a location facing the through-hole in the tray and having an ejector for ejecting an inserted tray in response to a pushing operation performed using a pin inserted into the through-hole, the socket having a lock portion extending from the proximal portion in an oblique direction vertically with respect to the insertion direction of the tray and engaging an engaged portion of the tray on the proximal side of the ejector, the lock portion being disengaged from the engaged portion of the tray by a leveling action of the pin inserted into the through-hole, and the ejector being pushed in by the pin having leveled the lock portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.