Electrical connectors – With coupling separator – Nonconducting pusher
Patent
1992-12-07
1993-08-10
Pirlot, David L.
Electrical connectors
With coupling separator
Nonconducting pusher
439152, H01R 1362
Patent
active
052343510
ABSTRACT:
This invention is directed to a memory card ejection mechanism, where the card is electrically connected to a mating header, as known in the art. The mechanism comprises a memory card holder consisting of a pair of channel-shaped side rails for slidably receiving the memory card therebetween, where the rails extend between a closed mating header end and an open memory card receiving end. Each rail is defined by an outer wall, an inwardly directed upper wall, and an inwardly directed lower wall, and the joint or intersection between the outer wall and the inwardly directed upper wall is characterized by a recess extending a predetermined distance along the joint. The mechanism further includes a memory card ejector plate for slidably engaging the holder and consists of a base and a pair of upstanding side walls, where the base extends between a mating header end and a card receiving end. The mating header end includes a pair of upstanding tabs adapted to engage the header proximate end of the memory card when received between the side rails. The card receiving end includes a pull tab extending in a direction away from the side walls, whereby each said wall, along an upper edge thereof, is provided with an inwardly directed flange adapted to be slidably received within a corresponding recess along the rail, and the length of the flange is less than the said predetermined distance to allow relative movement between the holder and the ejector plate.
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"PCMCIA Memory Cards . . . Type I? . . . Type II? . . . Type III?" By: Art Lesh Sep. 1992 Terminator.
Noll William B.
Pirlot David L.
The Whitaker Corporation
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