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Article: Japanese Inventor Develops Card Connector Locking Member Arrangement
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 14, 2006
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 14 -- Junya Tsuji of Tokyo has developed a card connector that comprises a housing with a slider.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The slider is moveable between a first position where a card has been inserted into the housing and a final position where the card is ejected from the housing. The slider includes a spring that drives the slider in a direction of card ejection. A cam mechanism secures the slider in the first position and the final position. The cam mechanism includes a substantially heart-shaped cam groove and a cam rod."
An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: "The cam rod has a support shaft fixed to the ...