The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1994
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
An ejector mechanism is provided for ejecting an IC card from a header connector which has a mating end, a terminating end and first and second opposite sides extending between the ends. A generally L-shaped ejector frame is adapted to be mounted about the header connector with a base leg of the L-shaped frame along the terminating end of the header connector and a side leg along one side of the header connector. The side leg has a channel therein. An ejector lever is pivotally mounted on at least one of the header connector or the ejector frame and has a first lever end and a second lever end. The second lever end is adapted to eject the IC card from the header connector. An elongated push-rod is reciprocally mounted in the channel and has a first rod end pivotally associated with the first lever end of the ejector lever and a second rod end for manual actuation to effect pivoting of the eject lever and ejection of the IC card. The ejector frame is adapted to be mounted with the side leg thereof along either the first or second opposite sides of the header connector. Therefore, the ejector frame and push-rod can be used as either a 'right-hand' or a 'left-hand' ejector mechanism without altering the header connector.