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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2000
Yasuhiro Ishikawa, Sagamihara, JP;
Masao Suzuki, Sagamihara, JP;
Hideo Tadokoro, Sagamihara, JP;
Seiya Amatatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Nakanishi, Tokyo, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A card connector,comprising a card member,having card-side terminals,on the leading edge thereof, a card holding member,which has mother-apparatus-side terminals on the leading edge thereof and which the card member,can be inserted in and extracted from, and a slider,which slides inside the card holding member,along with the insertion and extraction of the card member,. An oscillating member,which can oscillate freely is provided in the slider,, an engaging protrusion,which engages with the engaging indention on the card member,is formed in the mid section of the oscillating member,, and a cam protrusion,is provided at the tip of the oscillating member,. A cam groove,is provided on the inside side wall of the card holding member,in opposition to the tip of the cam protrusion,. By means of the cam mechanism consisting of the cam protrusion,and the cam grove,, the card member,is held in the card holding member,in the state where the card-side terminals,are in contact with the mother-apparatus-side terminals,as a result of the card member,being pushed into the card holding member,, and the card member,is positioned and held in the position where it can be inserted in and extracted from the card holding member