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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2001
Toru Nishioka, Niigata-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an IC card connector having a mechanism for ejecting an IC card, wherein the IC card connector, when an IC card is inserted, holds a slide member in an IC card loaded position without fail by a locking member, and, when the IC card is ejected, ejects the IC card without fail by operating the slide member. The IC card connector includes a slide member that is slidable in a direction in which an IC card loaded in and unloaded from a housing is inserted and ejected; a return spring for energizing the slide member in the direction in which the IC card is ejected; and a locking member for holding the slide member in the position in which the IC card is loaded, against an energizing force of the return spring, wherein the locking member comprises: an anchoring part that is turnably supported and can be engaged in and disengaged from the slide member; a turning operation part for turning the anchoring part in a direction in which the anchoring part is disengaged from the slide member; and a pressing operation part that abuts the slide member, and engages the anchoring part in the slide member in accordance with the movement of the slide member in the IC card insert direction and presses the slide member in the IC card eject direction in accordance with the movement of the turning operation part.