1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to a card connector, and more particularly to a card connector having an ejecting mechanism.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Modern times, the PC card is always used as an external equipment for increase the storage of the electrical consumer products, like Mobile phone, Digital camera, etc. The electrical card connector is used for electrically connecting the PC card and the electrical consumer products. An ejecting mechanism is used on the card connector for ejecting the card from the card connector.
The prior art discloses a kind of electrical card connector comprises a L-shape shield plate and an ejecting mechanism assembled on the L-shape shield plate. The L-shape shield plate is used for receiving and guiding a card inserted. The ejecting mechanism used for ejecting the card from the ejecting mechanism, comprises an ejecting plate moving following the card inserting/ejecting, a pushing bar for pushing the ejecting plate, and a lever member located in a guiding space and connecting with the ejecting plate and the pushing bar. However, when the card is inserted into the guiding space, the lever member is overlapped on the card, and easily breaks the surface of the card. Otherwise, the front end of the card has a probability to collide the lever member during inserting cause the incorrect operation.
Hence, it is desirable to have an improved card connector to overcome the above-mentioned disadvantages of the prior art.
Accordingly, the object of the present invention is to provide an electrical card connector having an ejecting mechanism, which prevent the card from collide with the ejecting mechanism during inserting.
In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, an electrical card connector for receiving a card, includes an insulating housing receiving a plurality of terminals, a shell mounting on the insulating housing defining a guiding space and receiving a guiding portion to guiding the card moving in the guiding space, and an ejecting mechanism assembled on the insulating housing. The ejecting mechanism includes an ejecting plate for ejecting the card from the guiding space, an operation portion; and a lever member connecting the operation and the ejecting plate. The lever member forms a center point thereon as the center of the rotation of itself, the center point is beyond the guiding space.
Other objects, advantages and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the present embodiment when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
Reference will now be made to the drawing figures to describe the present invention in detail.
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The first shell, approximately L-shape, comprises a top wall 12, a pair of lateral walls 13 extending downwardly from the opposite sides of the top wall 12. The first receiving space 14 is surrounded by the top wall 12 and the lateral walls 13. Referring to
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The first and the second ejecting mechanism 6, 5, respectively, comprise a first and a second ejecting plate 63, 53, a first and a second operation portion 66, 56, and a first and a second lever member 62, 52. The first and the second lever member 62, 52, respectively, forms a certain point. And the first and the second lever member 62, 52 can rotate around the certain point on themselves. Thereby, the user push the operation portion 66, 56 to move the ejecting plate 63, 53 through the lever member 62, 52. The ejecting plate 63, 53 forms a retaining port 630, 530 for connecting with an end of the lever member 62, 52 and a ejecting portion 631, 531 opposite to the retaining port for ejecting the card. The other end of the lever member 62, 52 opposite to the end connecting to the ejecting plate 63, 53 is retained with a mounting port 620, 520 of the operation portion 66, 56. Otherwise, the lever member 62, 52 comprises a projecting center hole 624, 524 and a limiting edge 623, 523 forming circularly along the top edge of the center hole 524, 524. In this embodiment, the center hole 624, 524 is the center point of the lever member 62, 52. The operation portion 66, 56 comprises a button 60, 50, a sliding post 61, 51, and a retaining portion 64, 54, having a push-push type structure therein. Furthermore, the difference between the first ejecting plate 63 and the second ejecting plate 53 is that the first retaining port 63 defines a hole thereon and the second retaining port 53 forms a frame.
Each first terminal 4 comprises a contacting portion 40 extending out of the tongue portion 32, a tail portion 42 extending out of the first insulating housing 30 to soldering with a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) and a connecting portion 41 connecting with the contacting portion 40 and the tail portion 41.
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The second shell is configured of rectangle and comprises a top part 210 and a pair of lateral parts 211 extending downwardly from the top part 210. The second receiving space 220 is surrounded by the top part 210 and the lateral parts 211. The top part 210 defines a cutout 212 according to the configure of the second terminal module 23 and a slit beside the cutout 212 for receiving the second ejecting portion 531.
The second insulating housing 22 comprises a depression 221 to receiving the second terminal module 23. The second terminals 24 retained in the second terminal module 23 projects into the second receiving space 220.
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The first shell 11 assembled on the first insulating housing 10, the base 31 is located in the L-shape receiving space 140, the base seat 33 is located in the rectangular receiving space 141, the guiding portion 34 is received in the guiding space 142. The first limiting edge 623 of the first lever member 62 extends into the hole 16, and the ejecting plate partially extend into the slit 18. The first operation portion 66 assembled on a lateral wall 13 of the first shell 11 by the first retaining portion 64 locking with the lateral wall 13.
In this invention, the lever member 62, 52 is located out of the guiding space 142 to prevent the card from friction between the card and the lever member 62, 52.
It is to be understood, however, that even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present invention have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the invention, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the invention to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
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