Nec Corporation

Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited

Teijin Limited

Yuichi Matsuno

Hiroyuki Tsuzuki

Kazuki Saito

Fumitaka Kondo

Yuuji Kuramitsu

In a mechanism for driving a plurality of pin contacts of an edge connector of a memory card assembly in a lateral direction from positions adjacent to socket contacts to bring the pin contacts into contact with the socket contacts of a card receiving connector, the mechanism comprises a pin driving plate having a cam hole and pin contact receiving holes and laterally slidably mounted on the card receiving connector. An actuator rod is removably and rotatably mounted in the card receiving connector and is provided with an eccentric pin portion engaging with the cam hole so that the pin driving plate is laterally driven by engagement between the cam hole and the eccentric pin portion when the actuator rod is rotated. Thus, the pin contacts received in the pin contact receiving holes are brought into contact with the socket contacts. An actuator attachment preventing mechanism is provided for preventing the actuator rod from being inserted to the cam hole unless the memory card assembly is correctively fitted to the card receiving connector. A lock mechanism is further provided for locking the memory card assembly and the card receiving connector in a connected state.

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Tokyo, Japan

Yuichi Matsuno