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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
May. 31, 2011
Kouji Kikuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiharu Ishii, Yokohama, JP;
Masaaki Ooya, Yokohama, JP;
Yamaichi Electronics Co. Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A card connector with an ejection mechanism is described. The card connector may include a base member, a cover member, a card accommodating space, and contact lines, which are electrically connected to a card placed into the card accommodating space. The card connector may also include an ejection lever, a spring, which pushes the ejection lever to the card accommodating space, and a pair of guide walls, which lead the ejection lever in a card insertion/withdrawal direction. The card connector may further include an ejection mechanism for pulling the IC card out of the card accommodating space. The ejection lever may include an arm portion, which comes in contact with a front end portion of the card, a spring mounting portion, a slide portion, which is led to a pair of the guide walls, and a pull portion, which extends outside the base member.