Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd.

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Kazutaka Taguchi

Toshiyasu Ito

Masaaki Ooya

Takashi Torii

Minoru Igarashi

Hideki Kawai

Masaaki Oya

The connector housingis formed with a pair of guide groovesand a pair of side walls. The guide groovessupport the both side edges of the upper body portionof the thick first cardand also the both side edges of the card bodyof the thin second cardand guide these cards as they are inserted or extracted. The side wallsdefine, below a space between the paired guide grooves, a space in which to accommodate the lower body portionof the first card. This construction ensures that, whichever of the first and second cards is inserted, the elastic displacements of the contact terminalsof a card connectorremain the same, allowing the card to be electrically connected stably.

Card connector

In a card connector having a push-push type eject mechanism, a cam lever is retained by a cam lever retaining member made from a cantilevered leaf spring, which in turn is retained by a leaf spring formed in a metal cover. The metal cover along with the housing forms a card accommodating portion. The cam lever is therefore doubly retained by the cam lever retaining member and the leaf spring and thus prevented against coming off. This arrangement also enhances a clicking feel of the eject mechanism during the insertion and ejection of the card.

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Asaka, Japan

Kazutaka Taguchi