Card connector

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2005-08-02

2005-08-02

Gushi, Ross (Department: 2833)

Electrical connectors

With coupling separator

Nonconducting pusher

Reexamination Certificate

active

06923665

ABSTRACT:
A card connector comprises a contact housing, a frame attached thereto configured to guide a card during insertion and removal, a pivoting arm pivotally disposed on the housing to eject the card, and an ejection mechanism disposed on the side of the frame configured to pivot the pivoting arm. The ejection mechanism comprises a first bar which has a button on one end and an engaging arm on the other end, a second bar which has a first engaging part on one end that selectively engages the engaging arm when the card is to be ejected and a second engaging part on the other end that engages with the pivoting arm, a cover supporting the first bar and second bar and allowing the bars to move in the forward-rearward direction, and forcing means that force the first bar rearward. The first bar and second bar are aligned with one another along a side wall of the frame. A locking projection on the frame engages the engaging arm preventing rearward retraction of the first bar. The locking projection has a tapered surface flexing the engaging arm outward with respect to the frame when the first bar is locked, permitting passage of the first engaging part of the second bar. A tapered part on the cover flexes the engaging arm upward when the first bar is released. A guide disposed on the second bar has a side edge that is engaged by the engaging arm when the first bar is released.

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