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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2006
Kiyoshi Chikashige, Tokyo, JP;
Ryusuke Tokui, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyoshi Chikashige, Tokyo, JP;
Ryusuke Tokui, Tokyo, JP;
Advanex, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A slider unit and a card connector having a slider that is arranged in a housing so as to be capable of moving along the insertion/ejection directions of a card and whose position is capable of being switched by a heart cam mechanism between a first position and a second position that is farther from an opening than the first position. A coil spring that biases the slider in the card ejection direction; an abutting portion that is integrally formed in the slider and is capable of abutting the insertion direction side of the card; and a pipe that is provided in the slider and retains the coil spring by being inserted in the coil spring, where both ends of the shaft that protrude from the coil spring becoming enlarged diameter portions and that are partially widened compared to the middle portion on which the coil spring is fitted.