| US 7,549,876 B2 | ||
| Electrical card connector having an insulative housing integrally molded with a shell | ||
| Qi-Jun Zhao, Kunshan (China); Li Li, Kunshan (China); and Hua Yin, Kunshan (China) | ||
| Assigned to Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien (Taiwan) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 21, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/229,349. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2007 2 0045421 U (CN), filed on Aug. 21, 2007. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2009/0053918 A1, Feb. 26, 2009 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01R 13/62 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 439—159 [439/157; 439/188] | 11 Claims |

| 1. An electrical card connector for insertion of an electrical card, comprising:
an L-shape insulative housing comprising a base portion, an arm portion extending from a lateral side of the base portion,
and a receiving space formed between the base portion and the arm portion to receive the electrical card;
a plurality of terminals coupled to the base portion and extending into the receiving space for electrical connection to the
electrical card; and
a first shell being integrally molded with the insulative housing and covering the insulative housing;
wherein the electrical card connector further comprises a second shell covering the insulative housing, the first shell has
a pair of side walls extending from two opposite sides thereof, each side wall has a plurality of first plates extending therefrom
and each defining a latching tab, the second shell has a plurality of second plates extending therefrom and each defining
a hole to engage with the corresponding latching tab;
wherein the electrical card connector has an ejecting mechanism comprising a movable slider, a connecting rod and a spring
sandwiched between the slider and the base portion, the slider has a heart-shaped cam groove and a projection for locking
into a notch of the electrical card, the connecting rod has an one-end bent portion slidably fitted into the cam groove;
wherein the electrical card connector has a block coupled to the first shell and located in front of the slider, the block
defines an aperture, the connecting rod has an other end bent portion retained in the aperture;
wherein the block is integrally molded with the first shell; and
wherein the first shell has a tab extending into the block and defining a plurality of protrusions protruding from the tab.
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