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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2000
Hidetaka Furusho, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Wataru Oguchi, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An IC card connector having a housing provided with terminals, a frame attached to the housing, and an ejecting lever supported on the frame. The frame is a flat plate provided with a pair of mounting holes, and a connecting portion recessed in the direction of plate thickness between the mounting holes. The ejecting lever has a raised portion at the central part, jutting out in the direction of plate thickness, and inserted through from one mounting hole into the other mounting hole astride the connecting portion. The connecting portion is overlapped on the raised portion, so that the surface of the raised portion will be approximately flush with the surface of the flat plate of the frame, and the back side of the connecting portion will be approximately flush with the back side of the ejecting lever. The ejecting lever is also rotatably supported between the connecting portion and the raised portion, thereby pushing with the ejecting lever to drive out an IC card off terminals of the housing.