Abstract: According to the present invention, a card connector device includes: a slide member for engaging with a card attached to and detached from a housing slidable in a direction of inserting and discharging the card; a return spring for biasing the slide member in the direction of discharging the card; a lock for holding the slide member against the biasing force of the return spring at a position where the card is fitted; and a push rod arranged to be able to shift between a standby position and a pushed position for unlocking the lock by pressing manipulation to shift the slide member to a discharge position of the card, wherein a switch is provided in the housing, the switch operating in accordance with engagement/disengagement of the slide member and the lock and detecting that the card is held at the fit position by engaging with the lock.

Abstract: The present invention comprises: a sliding member that can move slidably in directions in which a card mounted in or dismounted from a housing is inserted and ejected; a return spring for energizing the sliding member in a card ejection direction; a locking member for holding the sliding member in a position in which the card is mounted, against an energizing force of the return spring; and fixed contacts, wherein the locking member is formed from an elastically deformable plate spring, and the plate spring is formed with an anchor for anchoring the sliding member, and moving contacts that can contact or separate from the fixed contacts, wherein the moving contacts are actuated in accordance with engagement and disengagement between the sliding member and the locking member, and wherein it is detected that the card has been held in a mounting position when the sliding member has been anchored to the anchor of the locking member.

Abstract: A lock member has an engagement receiving portion to be engaged with an engaging portion formed in a slide member. An engagement regulating portion is provided so as to regulate the movement in the disengaging direction of the slide member and the lock member in a state in which the engaging portion and the engagement receiving portion are engaged. By removing the regulation by the engagement regulating portion, the engaging portion and the engagement receiving portion are disengaged from each other.

Abstract: The present invention comprises: a sliding member that can move slidably in directions in which a card mounted in or dismounted from a housing is inserted and ejected; a return spring for energizing the sliding member in a card ejection direction; a locking member for holding the sliding member in a position in which the card is mounted, against an energizing force of the return spring; and fixed contacts, wherein the locking member is formed from an elastically deformable plate spring, and the plate spring is formed with an anchor for anchoring the sliding member, and moving contacts that can contact or separate from the fixed contacts, wherein the moving contacts are actuated in accordance with engagement and disengagement between the sliding member and the locking member, and wherein it is detected that the card has been held in a mounting position when the sliding member has been anchored to the anchor of the locking member.

Abstract: The present invention provides an inexpensive IC card connector having a mechanism for ejecting an IC card and having an emergency function, wherein, even if a means for automatically unlocking a locking member for ejecting an IC card is disabled due to a fault, the locking member can be unlocked with a simple construction.

Abstract: According to the present invention, in a structure of a connector device for card having a lock-detecting mechanism of a card, a connector device for card capable of surely detecting that the card is locked with a simple structure without increasing the number of parts newly is provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a card connector having a mechanism for ejecting a card, wherein, without weakening an energizing force of a spring member for energizing a slide member, the card connector can prevent the card from being popped out of the card connector by the energizing force of the spring member and allows the card to be easily taken out.

Abstract: The invention provides a card connector with a card discharging mechanism, in which a data storage card does not exit from the card connector due to the biasing force of a spring member, and in which the card can be easily extracted without weakening the biasing force of the spring member. The card connector includes a housing, an eject arm, a slide member, a return spring, a retaining member and an operation restricting mechanism. The data storage card may be attached and detached to and from the housing. The eject arm engages with the card and is rotatable in the card inserting and discharging directions. The slide member, to which the eject arm is mounted, slides in the card inserting and discharging directions. The return spring biases the slide member in the card discharging direction. The retaining member retains the slide member at a card insertion position against the biasing force of the return spring.

Abstract: The present invention provides a card connector having a mechanism for ejecting a card, wherein, without weakening an energizing force of a spring member for energizing a slide member, the card connector can prevent the card from being popped out of the card connector by the energizing force of the spring member and allows the card to be easily taken out.

Abstract: The present invention provides an IC card connector having a mechanism for ejecting an IC card, wherein the IC card connector, when an IC card is inserted, holds a slide member in an IC card loaded position without fail by a locking member, and, when the IC card is ejected, ejects the IC card without fail by operating the slide member.

Abstract: An IC card connector achieves a stable loaded state of an IC card, and excellent operation reliability. The IC card connector includes a card detecting device that has a fixed terminal and a movable terminal and that detects the insertion of a card by moving the movable terminal in response to the insertion of the card so as to switch a switch between the fixed terminal and the movable terminal. Resilient force of the movable terminal produced by the insertion of the card does not act in the ejecting direction of the card.

Abstract: The present invention provides an inexpensive IC card connector having a mechanism for ejecting an IC card and having an emergency function, wherein, even if a means for automatically unlocking a locking member for ejecting an IC card is disabled due to a fault, the locking member can be unlocked with a simple construction.

Abstract: The present invention provides an IC card connector having a mechanism for ejecting an IC card, wherein the IC card connector, when an IC card is inserted, holds a slide member in an IC card loaded position without fail by a locking member, and, when the IC card is ejected, ejects the IC card without fail by operating the slide member.

Abstract: An IC card connector device solves a problem with a conventional IC card connector device using two IC cards, the problem being such that two push rods are vertically disposed, leading to higher cost due to more parts incorporated, poor assemblability, and an increased height of the connector device. To eject a first IC card, which has been inserted, a single push rod set in an extended position is pushed to eject the first IC card via a single transmitting pin. To eject a second IC card, a handle is circularly moved with the push rod in the extended position so as to move the transmitting pin from a first heart-shaped cam cutout to a second heart-shaped cam cutout. In this state, the push rod is pressed toward a pushed-in position, which causes the single transmitting pin to circularly move to eject the second IC card.

Abstract: In a conventional IC card connector, guide walls provided on side walls of a housing comprise surfaces parallel to each other, and an interval between the guide walls is somewhat greater than a maximum width of a standard of the IC card. If the IC card having the width less than the maximum value of the standard is used, the IC card is greatly slanted due to a large amount of play, and an operation member of a detection switch cannot be operated by the IC card. In an IC card connector of the present embodiment, if the width of the IC card is small, the IC card is supported at sides by vertical surfaces, thus the movement of the IC card in the widthwise direction is regulated. If the width of the IC card is large, the IC card is supported at the side by a slope, thus the movement of the IC card is regulated.

Abstract: An IC card connector device in which an IC card ejecting operation and a misoperation canceling operation are selectively performed. A frame for guiding an IC card at insertion and extraction is provided with a circulation cam groove and a clearance groove with which a second transmission pin pivotally supported by a pushrod is selectively engaged. By pushing the pushrod after projecting it to a first projecting, a drive plate that is placed in the circulation cam groove is pushed via the second transmission pin, thereby ejecting the IC card. When a misoperation occurs, the second transmission pin is caused to trace the clearance groove, by pulling the pushrod frontward and then pushing the pushrod, thereby canceling an IC card ejecting operation. Furthermore, a handle (actuating element) of the pushrod is provided with a heartshaped cam groove with which a first transmission pin pivotally supported on the frame is engaged.

Abstract: A thin design IC card connector which is provided with a sequence mechanism for defining the connection sequence of terminals of an IC card (for example, for ground lines, power supply lines, and signal lines in that order) performs a safe and reliable sequence operation. The IC card connector comprises first brushes that are connected to power supply lines, ground lines and signal lines of an IC card when the IC card is mounted, second brushes that are not directly connected to the first brushes but connected to a circuit board of a host apparatus, and a sequence mechanism which is arranged between the first brushes and the second brushes and which defines the connection sequence of the contact points of the IC card for making or breaking the connections between the first brushes and the second brushes according to the defined connection sequence. By operating the sequence mechanism, a sequence operation is performed with the contact points of the IC card remaining connected to the first brushes.

Abstract: In an outside surface of a frame having a guide groove for draw and insert of an IC card in an inside, a heart-shaped cam groove that can hold a push rod at two positions, that is, a pushed-in position and a projecting position with cooperating with a first transfer pin, and a circulative cam groove and a linear long groove which a second transfer pin selectively traces according to the projection amount of the push rod are formed, and this second transfer pin is intervened between the first transfer pin and a drive plate interlocking with an eject arm.

Abstract: In the connector device for IC card according to the present invention, when a first IC card as inserted into the connector device is to be ejected, a push rod is projected up to a first projecting position and is pushed in this state, whereby the IC card is ejected through a single transfer pin. For ejecting a second IC card, the push rod is pulled from the first projecting position and is projected up to a second projecting position which is located on this side with respect to the first projecting position, then in this state the push rod is pushed toward a push-in position, so that the second IC card is ejected by rotation of a single transfer pin. Thus, a single push rod and a single transfer pin suffice to afford a connector device which is reduced in the number of components used, less expensive, superior in assembling performance and small-sized.

Abstract: In the connector device for IC card according to the present invention, when an IC card as inserted into the connector device is to be ejected, a push rod is projected up to a first projecting position and is pushed in this state, whereby the IC card is ejected through a single transfer pin. In the event the push rod should be projected by mistake despite the ejection of the IC card being not required, the push rod is pulled from the first projecting position up to a second projecting position which is further projecting to this side from the first projecting position, and is then pushed toward a push-in position. Since by turning a single transfer pin the ejecting operation for the IC card is cancelled and the IC card is maintained in its inserted state, the usual ejecting motion requiring frequent operations becomes simple and easy in comparison with the prior art.