Abstract: An electrical connector (100) used to be mounted on a printed circuit board includes an insulating housing (20) defining a receiving cavity (21) for mating with a complementary component (80), a number of electrical contacts (30) to be soldered to the printed circuit board, an ejecting mechanism assembled to the insulating housing and a metal cover (40) covering the insulating housing (20). The ejecting mechanism includes a slider (60) slidable between a first position and a second position, and a spring (50) for driving the slider to the first position. The metal cover forms a tab (41) at the first position for preventing the slider from moving over the first position under a force that the spring applies to the slider.

Abstract: A card reading device includes an insulating housing, at least a set of conductive terminals, a rear wall, and a shielding member. The rear wall includes a metal plate and a plastic plate that is formed by insert molding, which has a stable configuration and is unlikely to shake or distortion. The rear wall reliably presses and contacts with a top edge of a soldering portion of the conductive terminals, which is easier to be soldered so as to avoid soldering skipping or solder voiding. Moreover, the shielding member presses a top edge of the rear wall so as to make the rear wall securely press the soldering portion. Furthermore, the rear wall includes a plurality of openings therein, which make the gas circulate so as to avoid solder voiding. Thereby the qualified ration is improved.

Abstract: A card connector includes an insulating housing and an upper cover coupling with the insulating housing. The insulating housing includes a bottom wall, two sidewalls and a back wall, all the walls forming a receiving space therebetween to receive one of a variety of memory cards. One side of the receiving space defines a sliding groove and the other side defines a terminal cavity. Contacts which are divided into two groups are received in the insulating housing respectively. An ejecting apparatus is arranged in the sliding groove. An elastic terminal, located in the terminal cavity, has a base portion. An elastic arm connects with the base portion and continuously protrudes toward the inside bottom wall to form a contacting portion.

Abstract: A memory card connector has an insulative frame receiving conductive terminals therein, a slide guiding mechanism assembled on the insulative frame, and a shell. The slide guiding mechanism includes a sliding bar, a guiding bar, and a resilient element. The sliding bar defines a guiding groove. A link portion is formed on an end of the sliding bar. A driving member is arranged at an end of the sliding bar and opposite the link portion, and has a pushing portion and a drawing portion. A driven member has a pushed portion and a drawn portion. The driven member cooperates with a stop member to control stopping of a member card. The slide guiding mechanism further includes a first conductor and a second conductor respectively communicating with ends of a detecting circuit of a circuit system for detecting ejection of the memory card at the earliest time.

Abstract: A card edge connector includes an elongated insulative housing, a number of electrical contacts received therein and an ejector rotablely mounted thereon. The insulative housing defines a central slot for receiving a card therein. At least one tower is formed at one end of the insulative housing and includes a pair of sidewalls. The ejector includes a main body with a kicker at a bottom end and a handle at a top end thereof. Each sidewall of the tower includes a first bar and a second bar engaging with a first protrusion disposed on the ejector thereby generating a two-segment interference between the ejector and the insulative housing.

Abstract: A card connector comprises an insulative housing (1) receiving a plurality of terminals (4), a shield plate (2) assembled on the insulative housing, an ejector (3) coupled to the insulative housing and a detecting switch assembled on the insulative housing. The ejector comprises a movable slider (32). The slider has a triangular plat (322) is capable of moving along a card inserting direction by the card. The detecting switch has a passive pin (42) and an active pin (43), the active pin has a resilient curved part (422) projecting into a moving track of triangular plate, and the curved part is capable of moving by the triangular plate.

Abstract: A memory card connector includes an insulating housing, an ejector, a plurality of first electric terminals, a plurality of second electric terminals, a detected apparatus and a cover. The insulating housing includes a base, a left wall, a right wall and a front wall. All the walls define an upper space and a down space. A glide notch is formed in the right wall. The first electric terminals and the second electric terminals are located in the insulating housing. The ejector is located in the glide notch. The memory card connector can accept a memory card. The detected apparatus determines the correctness of the way that inserting the memory card into the memory card connector.

Abstract: A memory card connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of electric terminals, a left ejector, a right ejector and a cover. The insulting housing includes a base, a left wall, a right wall and a front wall. A left sliding trough and a left moving groove are formed on one side of the base. A right sliding trough and a right moving groove are formed on the other side of the base. The left ejector and the right ejector are placed on both sides of the insulating housing. A plurality of electric terminals are arranged at the terminal troughs.

Abstract: Disclosed is a portable terminal with locking release device that includes a cover removably mounted on a side of a terminal housing; a first locking release having a button mounted in the terminal housing in such a manner as to be capable of linearly moving; and a second locking release having a rotary member mounted in the terminal housing and rotating as the button linearly moves, wherein the rotary member is rotated when the cover is mounted on the terminal housing, thereby linearly moving the cover. The portable terminal with the locking release device allows a battery cover to be easily mounted on or removed from a battery cover on a slim terminal, thereby stabilizing the battery mounting structure and enhancing the convenience in use.

Abstract: A card connector has a miniaturized and simplified structure. The card connector has a base frame includes side frames, a connector body provided at one end of the base frame and serving to arrange in a row and fix a plurality of contact pins, a shutter having through orifices corresponding to the plurality of contact pins arranged in a row and fixed by the connector body and can move in a state in which the contact pins are inserted into the through orifices, and a shutter lock formed by a segment lead of at least one side frame of the two side frames of the base frame, which locks the movement of the shutter before the card is inserted and releases the lock and allows the connection of contacts of the card with the contact pins in response to the insertion of a compatible card. The shutter lock spring is.

Abstract: A card connector adapted for receiving a card which has a notch on a side, comprises an insulating housing defining a card insertion/ejecting direction, a plurality of contacts and an ejector. The ejector comprises a slider movable along the card insertion/ejecting direction, a spring member and a locking member for locking the slider. The slider has a protruding portion for engaging with the notch of the card, the slider is able to move away from the card inserted into the card connector at an original position to allow the protruding portion to leave the notch of the card, and is limited to move away from the card at a final position to lock the protruding portion of the slider in the notch of the card and prevent the card from being pull out at the final position.

Abstract: A drawer-type card connector is composed of a base, a cover member, an ejecting device, a slide member, a left card-fastening device, and a right card-fastening device. The base includes a bottom plate. The slide member is slidably mounted in the base, including a top plate, a left sidewall, and a right sidewall. A receiving chamber is formed among the bottom plate of the base and the top plate, the left sidewall, and the right sidewall of the slide member, for receiving the inserted card. The left and right card-fastening devices are pivotably mounted at two sides of a front end of the slide member respectively and each have a fastening piece. When the card is inserted fully, the two fastening pieces hold two sides of a rear end edge of the card respectively, such that the left and right card-fastening devices fail to bounce outward and thus firmly hold the card inside the card connector.

Abstract: In a card connector including a fixed portion adapted to receive a card, a conductive contact is coupled to the fixed portion and adapted to be connected to the card received in the fixed portion. An eject mechanism is coupled to the fixed portion and adapted to eject the card from the fixed portion in an ejecting direction. A braking mechanism is coupled to the eject mechanism and adapted to supply a controlled braking force to the eject mechanism. The controlled braking force is variable in an ejecting process of the card.

Abstract: A card connector for accommodating a removable card, includes a housing into and from which the removable card is inserted and ejected; connector terminals which come in contact with contacts of the removable card, respectively, when the removable card is inserted into the housing; a slider which moves in a card insertion direction and a card ejection direction, opposite to the card insertion direction, when the removable card is inserted and ejected into and from the housing, respectively; a first coil spring which biases the slider in the card insertion direction; and a second coil spring which biases the slider in the card ejection direction. Each of the first coil spring and the second coil spring remains in contact with the slider and the housing, respectively, regardless of the position of the slider.

Abstract: A memory card socket structure includes a base shell and a cover shell adapted to face a top and a bottom surface of a memory card, a contact block disposed in a rear side of a card compartment formed by the base shell and the cover shell, and a plurality of contact terminals fixed at the contact block and extended from the contact block toward an opening side of the card compartment to be in contact with terminals of the memory card. The plurality of contact terminals have at least one shorter terminal and at least one longer terminal, the support position at which said at least one longer terminal is supported by the base shell being closer to the opening side of the card compartment than the support position at which said at least one shorter terminal is supported by the contact block.

Abstract: An electrical card connector (1) includes a housing (10) having a main body (13), and first and second sidewalls (11,12) substantially parallel extending forwards form opposite ends of the main body; the main body defining a receiving cavity together with the first and second sidewalls for receiving an electrical card, a plurality of terminals (20) disposed in the housing and each having a connect portion (21) extending into the receiving cavity for contacting the card, and a pair of switching terminals (41, 42) engaged with the housing and each defining a contacting portion to connect with each other, and a cover (50) engaged with the housing and covering onto the contacting portions of the switching terminals.

Abstract: The present invention, roughly described, pertains to a small memory card that includes features which allow the memory card to be more easily handled by a user. In various embodiments, the memory card can include a chamfer and/or a raised portion that allows the memory card to be more easily grabbed by a human hand (or mechanical device) and also provides additional room to store passive devices such as capacitors and/or resistors. Because different electronic devices use different types of memory cards, an adaptor is provided that allows the memory cards disclosed herein to be used in ports or connectors on electronic devices that are meant for other types of memory cards.

Abstract: A memory card connector (100) for insertion of a memory card (8) includes an insulative housing (1) defining a cavity (110) for receiving the memory card, a number of contacts (22) with multiple contact portions (221) protruding into the card receiving cavity, a pair of switch contacts (5) and an elastic member (6). The elastic member includes a first spring (61) always abutting against one switch contact (51) and a second spring (62) driven by the inserted memory card to engage the other switch contact (52) in order to achieve switch function.

Abstract: A card connector having a card attachment mechanism, a host attachment mechanism and electrical signal paths extending from the card attachment mechanism to the host attachment mechanism. The card attachment mechanism is reversibly attached to a card. The host attachment mechanism may be permanently attached to the card attachment mechanism and also reversibly attached to the host. The card attachment mechanism is configured to connect the electrical signal paths to electrical signal paths on the card, and the card connector is configured to transfer signals between the card and the host without changing the protocol of the signals. A card is configured for attachment with a connector to enable USB communication with a host.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a memory card adaptor which enables a small memory card to be used in a card connector for a large memory card that is larger than the small memory card. Even a contact spring piece portion of the different shape can maintain stable contact with a terminal 303a of a micro SD card.

Abstract: In a connector having a guiding member for guiding movement of a connection object in a fitting direction and a removing direction opposite to each other, a connection element is coupled to the guiding member to be connected to the connection object with movement of the connection object towards the fitting direction. The connection element is movable in a first range in the fitting and the removing directions. An ejecting mechanism is coupled to the guiding member to give the connection object a moving force towards the removing direction in response to the movement towards the fitting direction of the connection object connected to the connection element.

Abstract: A card connector assembled on a bracket, comprises an insulating housing, a plurality of contacts received in the insulating housing, the shell covering the insulating housing and a holding device. The insulating housing defines a card insertion/ejection direction. The holding device is disposed on the shell, one of the holding device and the bracket defining a receiving portion and the other of the holding device and the bracket having a mating portion to be received in the receiving portion.

Abstract: A memory card socket structure includes a card compartment for allowing a memory card to be inserted thereinto or taken out therefrom, a contact block disposed at a rear side of the card compartment, a slider moved back and forth between a position near the opening side and a position near the rear side in the card compartment along with an insertion and extraction of the memory card, a coil spring for pressing the slider toward the opening side of the card compartment, and a spring guide fixed at the contact block and elongated toward the opening side of the card compartment to be inserted through the coil spring. The spring guide includes a base end portion provided with a connection portion to be adjoined to the circuit board.

Abstract: A card connector adapted for receiving a card, comprises an insulating housing defining a card insertion/ejection direction; a plurality of contacts received in the insulating housing, an ejector and a holding member; The ejector comprises a positioning device, a resilient member and an ejecting member cooperating with the positioning device to eject the card directly. The holding member engages with the ejecting member to hold the card into the card connector after the card is inserted to electrically connect with the contacts.

Abstract: An electrical card connector (1) for receiving an electrical card, comprises an insulative housing (2) with a plurality of terminals (3) receiving therein, a shield (4) assembled on the housing, and a base portion (6) on one side of the housing and receiving an ejecting mechanism, the ejecting mechanism comprises a slider (7), the slider forms an engaging block (71) towards to the housing thereon, and during the card inserting, the engaging block engages with a edge of the card.

Abstract: A memory card connector includes an insulative housing having a terminal-mounting section which mounts a plurality of conductive terminals having contact portions for engaging appropriate contacts on a memory card. The housing at least in part defines a card-receiving cavity for receiving the memory card. A card eject mechanism includes a slider movably mounted on the housing. The slider is engageable with the memory card for movement therewith into and out of the cavity. The card eject mechanism includes an ejection spring to bias the slider and memory card in an ejection direction. The slider has an elongated guide slot between a pair of opposite parallel side walls extending longitudinally in the direction of movement of the slider. A shielding metal shell is mounted on the housing and includes an elongated guide tab projecting into the guide slot. The guide tab has opposite longitudinal planar surfaces opposing the side walls of the slot.

Abstract: An electrical connector comprises an insulated housing (1) comprising a receiving cavity (10), a flat surface (150) and a plurality of channels (14) recessed from the flat surface to be in communication with the receiving cavity; and a plurality of contacts (2) retained in the housing, each contact having a contact beam (21) extending along the channel and having a contact portion (210) at its distal end, the contact portion comprising a contact section exposed to the receiving cavity, a shadow surface (213) located opposite to the contact section to neighbor on the channel, an inclined section (211) extending forward from the contact section and an arced section (212) connecting the inclined section with the shadow surface, the distance from circle center of the arced section to the shadow surface is shorter than radius of the arced section.

Abstract: A card connector adapted for receiving a card, comprises an insulating housing, a plurality of contacts, a shell covering the insulating housing and defining a card receiving space and an ejector. The ejector comprises a locking equipment, a resilient member and a slider movable along the card insertion and ejection direction. The slider is formed by a metal piece and formed with an ejecting arm for ejecting the card directly and a locking arm for locking the card to the metal slider.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes an elongated connector body (31) formed from an insulative material, and a guiding member unitary with the connector body. The connector body includes a front face (311) adapted to face conductive elements (20) of a mating electronic component (2). A plurality of contact terminals (32) is adapted to be disposed within the connector body, and extend from the front face for mating with the conductive elements. The guiding member includes a pair of axial guiding legs (340) transverse to the front face, the guiding legs spaced apart a distance for facilitating insertion of the electronic component along the guiding legs to mate the conductive elements to the terminals of the connector body. As compared with the prior art, the unity of the supporting frame and the connector body makes the manufacturing of the electrical connector assembly simplified, with reduced manufacturing time.

Abstract: A card connector in accordance with the present invention comprises an insulating housing defining a card receiving space, a plurality of signal contacts retained in the insulating housing for electrically connecting with the card, a shell shielding the insulating housing and having a top wall and a switch contact. The switch contact is pressed upwardly by the card inserted into the card receiving space, and electrically contacts with the top wall of the shell.

Abstract: A card connector into and from which a memory card is detachably inserted and removed, includes contacts each adapted to contact a connection portion of the memory card, and a housing for arranging and holding the contacts and having an inserting opening for inserting the memory card. The housing includes two side walls, a rear wall, and a lower wall contiguous to these side and rear walls to form the inserting opening for the memory card by these walls. A shell is arranged on the side of the housing opposite from the lower wall, and an elastically deformable tray is arranged on the lower wall so as to be slidable with the aid of a tray restraining plate. The card connector is miniaturized and lighter, more compact and simple in construction and is easy to remove a memory card.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic apparatus which includes: a card slot into which a portable storage medium such as a card is removably inserted and which accesses the inserted portable storage medium; and an ejection mechanism section which is slidably operated to move the storage medium inserted in the card slot in an eject direction. The ejection mechanism section includes: a sliding member which is in an L-shape in cross section and affects the slot by sliding in a direction in which a ridge of the L shape extends; and an operation member which transmits a sliding operation made thereon to the sliding member in response to the sliding operation, thereby causing the sliding member to slide. This makes it possible to eject a card inserted into the slot while ensuring the strength and avoiding increase in size of components.

Abstract: A connector is disclosed into and from which a memory card can be inserted and removed with certainty. A slider is assembled in a slider accommodating chamber of a case body for movement among a leading end position, an intermediate position and a trailing end position. A memory card is inserted into the slider positioned at the leading end position and further pushed in to the trailing end position. Then, when the memory card is released, the slider moves to the intermediate position, at which contacts of the memory card are electrically connected to connection terminals of the connector. Then, when the memory card is pushed in, the slider is moved from the intermediate position to the trailing end position, and when the memory card is released, the slider is moved to the leading end position so as to be taken out.

Abstract: An electrical card connector (1) includes a housing (10) having a main body (13), and first and second sidewalls (11,12) substantially parallel extending forwards form opposite ends of the main body; the main body defining a receiving cavity together with the first and second sidewalls for receiving an electrical card, a plurality of terminals (20) disposed in the housing and each having a connect portion (21) extending into the receiving cavity for contacting the card, and a pair of switching terminals (41, 42) engaged with the housing and each defining a contacting portion to connect with each other, and a cover (50) engaged with the housing and covering onto the contacting portions of the switching terminals.

Abstract: A card connector in accordance with the present invention comprises an insulating housing defining a card receiving space, a plurality of contacts retained in the insulating housing and exposed into the card receiving space, an ejector disposed in the insulating housing and a locking member. The ejector comprises a movable slider, a spring and a holding equipment to securely hold the slider in a final position and to release the slider from the final position when ejecting the card. The locking member has a retaining portion immovably fixed relative to the insulating housing and a latching portion locking the card.

Abstract: A card connector for connecting a card (2) to a printed circuit board comprises a housing (1) comprising a receiving section (10) for accepting a card (2) therein and a retaining section (11) enveloped by a front wall (12) and a sidewall (13), a plurality of terminals (8) received in the receiving section (12), a slider (4) engaging with and guiding the card (2) sliding on the receiving section (10), a spring (6) received in the retaining section (11) with one end engaging with a locating pole (120) of the housing (1) and the other end inserted in a channel (410) of the slider (4), a guiding member (5) with one end received in a locating hole (122) disposed in the front wall (12) and the other end slidable engaging with a guiding slot (401) of the slider (4) for guiding the trace of the slider (4), a cover (3) mounted on the housing (1).

Abstract: A card connector capable of detecting insertion of a card includes a housing; a plurality of terminals mounted to the housing; a contact portion formed in the housing; a tongue located in the housing and having an end mounted to the housing and the other end thereof provided with an action portion close to and spaced from the contact portion for a predetermined interval; and an injecting/ejecting mechanism slidably mounted in the housing and having a bevel facing the contact portion. In light of this, while the injecting/ejecting mechanism is slidably moved into the card connector, the bevel works on the action portion of the tongue to push the tongue for contact with the contact portion, thus effecting detection of insertion of a card.

Abstract: A memory card connector for a first memory card or a second memory card has an insulative housing, a terminal set and a shell. The insulative housing has a first space for the first memory card and a second space for the second memory card. The terminal set is mounted in the insulative housing and has plural terminals and at least two auxiliary terminals. Each auxiliary terminal has an engagement portion preventing a short circuit due to a wrong contact of the auxiliary terminal and the second memory. The memory card connector has only one terminal set, therefore is compact and has a low cost.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a housing having an opening, a connector disposed at a position allowing the connector to face out from the opening and transferring signals to and from an external device. The electronic apparatus also includes a fixing component that secures the connector to the electronic apparatus. The fixing component has a pressure plate that is spread on and in contact with a surface of the connector where a projection is formed. The pressure plate has an escape section for accepting the projection.

Abstract: A card connector comprises an insulating housing defining a card insertion/ejection direction; a plurality of contacts received in the insulating housing; a shell covering the insulating housing and an ejector. The ejector is assembled to the shell and comprises a push member, a moveable member mating with the push member, an ejecting member to eject a card and a pivoting member mating with the moveable member and the ejecting member. The ejecting member is moveable along a direction parallel to the card ejection direction to eject the card.

Abstract: A heat sink retention apparatus includes a base member and a heat sink mount including a pivotal base coupler and a board mounting member, whereby the heat sink mount is operable to mount to a board by engaging the pivotal base coupler with the base member and engaging the board mounting member with the board. A cable routing member and a connector storage member may be included on the heat sink mount for the routing of cables and the storing of connectors. A card retention device may be provided which is operable to couple to the heat sink mount and engage a card to retain the card on the board.

Abstract: A card connector includes an insulating housing (10), a number of contacts (20) and an ejector (30). The insulating housing (10) defines a card receiving space (13) with a card insertion/ejection direction. The contacts (20) are retained in the insulating housing (10) and include a plurality of contacting portions (23) exposed into the card receiving space (13) to electrically connect with a card. The ejector (30) is assembled to the insulating housing (10) includes an ejecting arm (323) exposed into the card receiving space (13) to eject a card. The ejecting arm (323) includes a shield portion (326) extending in the card receiving space (13) along the card ejection direction from a transverse lateral side of the ejecting arm (323) being away from the contacts (20).

Abstract: A card connector is provided, which includes a group of contact pieces, a substantially rectangular and tabular housing, and an eject mechanism for extracting an IC card. The contact pieces are electrically connected to connecting terminals of the IC card. The housing supports the group of contact pieces. The eject mechanism is provided in the housing. The IC card is inserted and extracted in substantially parallel with one plane of the housing. The eject mechanism includes a pair of guiding walls lying opposite to each other adjacent to the contact pieces, an eject plate which can slide between the pair of guiding walls, and a cover plate for the eject plate. The eject plate includes at its first end portion a bent strip abutting an end portion of the IC card, and at its second end portion a pull-out strip allowing extraction of the IC card.

Abstract: One embodiment is a system for holding a component in a device comprising: a latch feature that is connected to one of the component and the device and has a tang and a cavity; a latch module that is connected to the other of the device and the component and has a first pin that interacts with the tang and a second pin that moves between a first position and a second position, wherein the first position is within the latch module, and the second position is within the cavity; and wherein the first pin and the second pin are connected with each other such that a movement of the first pin causes the second pin to change from one of the first position and the second position to the other of the first position and the second position.

Abstract: A card connector includes an insulating housing (4) defining a receiving space (44) and a receiving cavity (421) communicating with the receiving space (44); a plurality of contacts (2); an ejector (5) comprising an insulating slider (51) sliding in the receiving cavity (421) and an ejecting member (53) protruding into the receiving space (44); and a switch (3) comprising a pair of conductive pieces and a conductive plate (561), said conductive plate (561) being fixed to said slider (51), said conductive pieces engaging with said slider (51); wherein both of said pair of conductive pieces coming into contact with said conductive plate (561) when the card (6) urges the slider (51) sliding to a first position, while at least one of the conductive piece coming out of contact with said conductive plate (561) when the ejector (3) ejects the card and urges the slider (51) sliding to a second position.

Abstract: A card connector includes a housing for accommodating a card; a terminal for contacting with the card when the card is inserted into the housing; an ejection unit for placing the card and capable of sliding in the housing along a direction that the card is inserted into and pulled out; and a spring member for urging the ejection unit in a direction that the card is pulled out. In the card connector, the ejection unit includes an inclining member for inclining downwardly a portion of the ejection unit to be pulled out toward the direction that the card is pulled out when the spring member urges the ejection unit in the direction that the card is pulled out.

Abstract: A card connector capable of preventing a card from accidental disengagement therefrom includes a housing having a base plate, a stationary terminal area located at a first side of the base plate, a slide way located at a second side of the base plate, and a recession formed at a front end of the slide way; a slide member slidably mounted at a second side of the stationary terminal area and having a top guard; and an anti-run member having a main body, a plurality of fastening pieces bending and extending upward from the main body, and a buckle piece bending and extending upward from a front end of the main body. The fastening pieces are mounted onto the slide member. The buckle piece is wider than the main body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a memory card adaptor which enables a small memory card to be used in a card connector for a large memory card that is larger than the small memory card. Even a contact spring piece portion of the different shape can maintain stable contact with a terminal 303a of a micro SD card.

Abstract: A card connector of the present invention includes a connector body, a cover member in combination with the connector body, contact terminals arranged in the connector body, and a card-ejection preventing mechanism provided in a card-inserting opening of the connector body, wherein the card-ejection preventing mechanism has a card-stopper cap adapted to be slidable along the card-inserting opening of the connector body, so that the ejection of a card due to the vibration or the shock is prevented and a contact portion is always brought into contact with a card pad section.

Abstract: A card connector for accommodating a removable card, includes a housing into and from which the removable card is inserted and ejected; connector terminals which come in contact with contacts of the removable card, respectively, when the removable card is inserted into the housing; a slider which moves in a card insertion direction and a card ejection direction, opposite to the card insertion direction, when the removable card is inserted and ejected into and from the housing, respectively; a first coil spring which biases the slider in the card insertion direction; and a second coil spring which biases the slider in the card ejection direction. Each of the first coil spring and the second coil spring remains in contact with the slider and the housing, respectively, regardless of the position of the slider.