Card connector
View Patent ↗A card connector having a housing with a card insertion end, an opposing distal end, and a base. The card connector has a shell positioned on the housing. A card insertion space and a card ejection mechanism receiving space are both positioned between the housing and the shell. The card connector has a card ejection mechanism disposed in the card ejection mechanism receiving space. The card ejection mechanism includes a sliding member, a spring biasing the sliding member in a card-ejecting direction, a lock for locking the sliding member at a locking position; and a sliding member guide. The sliding member guide includes a first guiding member disposed on an interior surface of the base and engageable with a card insertion end of the sliding member; and a second guiding member disposed on an interior surface of the shell and engageable with a distal end of the sliding member.
1. A card connector comprising:
a housing having a card insertion end, an opposing distal end, and a base;
a shell positioned on the housing;
a card insertion space positioned between the housing and the shell;
a card ejection mechanism receiving space positioned between the housing and the shell; and
a card ejection mechanism disposed in the card ejection mechanism receiving space having:
a sliding member;
a spring biasing the sliding member in a card-ejecting direction;
a lock for locking the sliding member; and
a sliding member guide having:
a first guiding member disposed on an interior surface of the base and engageable with a card insertion end of the sliding member; and
a second guiding member disposed on an interior surface of the shell and engageable with a distal end of the sliding member.
2. The card connector according to claim 1 , wherein the sliding member is made of resin.
3. The card connector according to claim 1 , wherein the first guiding member is made of metal.
4. The card connector according to claim 1 , wherein the second guiding member is made of metal.
5. The card connector according to claim 1 , wherein the shell is made of metal.
6. The card connector according to claim 1 , wherein the housing is made of resin.
7. The card connector according to claim 3 , wherein the first guiding member is a metal sheet insert molded in the base of the housing.
8. The card connector according to claim 4 , wherein the second guiding member is bent inward from the shell.
9. The card connector according to claim 1 , wherein the first guiding member is engageable with the card insertion end of the sliding member when the shell is displaced outward.
10. The card connector according to claim 1 , wherein the second guiding member is engageable with the distal end of the sliding member when the base is displaced outward.
11. The card connector according to claim 1 , wherein the first guiding member includes a first notch disposed at a card insertion end thereof.
12. The card connector according to claim 11 , wherein the sliding member includes a second notch extending into an interior surface thereof.
13. The card connector according to claim 12 , wherein the second notch extends from a card insertion end to the distal end.
14. The card connector according to claim 12 , wherein the sliding member further includes a protrusion protruding outward from an outer surface of the card insertion end.
15. The card connector according to claim 14 , wherein the first notch guides the protrusion.
16. The card connector according to claim 15 , wherein the second guiding member guides the second notch.