JP2013206801A - Connector for ic card - Google Patents

Abstract

It is possible to reduce the height of an IC card connector and to set the protruding length of each IC card protruding from a card slot of an IC card connector to be the same.
In the second eject member 244, an inserted SD card 42 is provided at an end connected to a stepped portion including a first abutting surface 241 with which a distal end portion of the inserted Duo card 40 abuts. A second abutting surface 249 against which the end surface of the tip of the abutting portion is abutted is formed, and the position of the first abutting surface 241 is a predetermined distance ΔDa as compared with the position of the second abutting surface 249. It is set close to the card slot.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an IC card connector that can detachably accommodate one IC card among a plurality of IC cards having different shapes.

  In the IC card connector, in order to mount and use a plurality of IC cards having different shapes in one electronic device, a composite card housing portion in which each IC card is selectively attached or detached one by one is provided in the connector housing. It has been proposed that Such a connector housing has a card slot common to each IC card in the connector housing.

  In such an IC card connector, each card housing portion is hierarchically formed along the IC card attaching / detaching direction so as to partially overlap each other. In such a configuration, for example, each IC card is selectively discharged into an upper slot and a lower slot as each card accommodating portion partitioned by the partition member, as also disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example. An eject mechanism is provided.

JP 2006-172768 A

  In an electronic device such as a mobile phone on which an IC card connector is mounted, since further reduction in thickness is desired, it is necessary to further reduce the height of the IC card connector.

  However, in the case of the IC card connector as described above, if the upper slot and the lower slot are each provided with an ejection mechanism for selectively discharging each IC card, there is a limit to the reduction in the height of the IC card connector. There is.

  In addition, a cover member that covers a card slot of the IC card connector may be provided in a housing of an electronic device such as a digital camera in which the IC card connector is mounted. This cover member prevents the IC card from undesirably popping out through the card slot when, for example, an external impact is applied to the electronic device for some reason. When the cover member is provided in this way, when one of the large and small IC cards of different sizes is selectively mounted, the protruding length of each IC card protruding from the card slot of the IC card connector is If they are not the same, the cover member may not work effectively because the common inner peripheral surface of the cover member does not contact the end face of the IC card without a gap.

  In view of the above problems, the present invention is an IC card connector that can removably accommodate one IC card among a plurality of IC cards having different shapes. In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide an IC card connector that can be set to have the same protruding length of each IC card protruding from the card slot of the IC card connector.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the IC card connector according to the present invention can pass one IC card of the first and second IC cards having different lengths and thicknesses along the attaching / detaching direction. An IC card accommodating portion for accommodating the first or second IC card, and a plurality of types of contact terminal groups for electrically connecting the electrode portions of the first and second IC cards. And an ejecting mechanism having at least one ejecting member for holding one IC card of the first and second IC cards in the IC card housing portion and ejecting the IC card through the card slot, the ejecting member comprising: When the first IC card or the second IC card is held in the IC card housing portion, the length and thickness of the first IC card are smaller than A card support member engaged with a recess provided at an end of the second card having a length and a thickness; and a high position spaced from the base end of the card support member in a direction away from the card slot. When the first IC card or the second IC card is held in the IC card housing portion, the first IC card has an abutting surface with which the end surface of the front end portion of the first IC card abuts. Or the length which protrudes outside through the card slot in a 2nd IC card is substantially the same, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  In addition, the eject member includes a first eject member that is biased in the direction of ejecting one of the first and second IC cards by the elastic member, and a connecting portion connected to the first eject member. And a card ejecting member and a second ejecting member having an abutting surface.

  Further, the eject member may hold the first IC card in the IC card housing portion in the reverse insertion state.

  According to the connector for IC card according to the present invention, the ejecting member is longer than the length and thickness of the first IC card when the first IC card or the second IC card is held in the IC card housing portion. A card support member engaged with a recess provided at the end of the second card having a small length and thickness; and a high position spaced from the base end of the card support member in a direction away from the card slot. When the first IC card or the second IC card is held in the IC card accommodating portion, the first IC card has an abutting surface with which the end surface of the front end portion of the first IC card is brought into contact. Since the lengths of the IC card or the second IC card that protrude outward through the card slot are substantially the same, the IC card connector can be reduced in height, and the IC card connector It is possible to set the protrusion length of each IC card that projects from the card slot on the same.

It is a perspective view which expands and shows the principal part of an example of the connector for IC cards which concerns on this invention partially. It is a perspective view which shows an example of the connector for IC cards which concerns on this invention in the state which removed the cover member. In the example shown by FIG. 2, it is a perspective view shown in the state which removed the partition plate. It is a top view which shows an example of the connector for IC cards which concerns on this invention in the state with which the IC card was mounted | worn. It is sectional drawing expanded and shown along the VV line | wire shown by FIG.

  An example of an IC card connector according to the present invention, which will be described later, is arranged on a wiring board PB (see FIG. 5) inside an electronic device such as a mobile phone, a portable audio device, or a digital camera. Further, the casing of the electronic device (not shown) may include a lid member that covers the card slot so as to face a card slot of an IC card connector described later.

  The IC card connector includes a memory card, for example, a first digital card (SD card) 42 (see FIG. 5) as a first card, or a memory stick PRO-Duo (trademark) as a second card. Any one of the cards 40 (hereinafter also referred to as a Duo card 40) (see FIG. 5) is detachably accommodated. The IC card connector electrically connects a contact pad of a stored memory card and a connection terminal portion of a wiring board PB for signal input / output disposed inside a predetermined electronic device.

  The memory card is not limited to the above-mentioned SD card, but is selected from any one of an MMC (multi media card) card (trademark), a flash memory, or a card incorporating an ultra-small hard disk. There may be.

  For example, the SD card 42 is set to have a thickness of about 2.1 mm and vertical and horizontal dimensions of about 32 mm and about 24 mm, respectively. The longitudinal dimension, thickness, and width dimension of the Duo card 40 are smaller than the longitudinal dimension, thickness, and width dimension of the SD card 42. The SD card 42 has a contact pad disposed in a plurality of recesses formed in parallel to each other at the tip of the back surface. A chamfered portion is formed at one corner of the tip of the back surface. A movable write protect button is provided on the right side surface of the SD card 42.

  The Duo card 40 has a front surface portion and a back surface portion that face each other. The Duo card 40 has a chamfered portion at the corner of the tip. On the back surface of the Duo card 40, a protrusion has a predetermined length along the side surface of the Duo card 40 around a relatively shallow recess 402 (see FIG. 5) formed in a portion adjacent to the chamfered portion. Is formed.

  A plurality of recesses are formed at predetermined intervals in the front end portion of the back surface of the Duo card 40 at positions spaced apart from the above-described recesses 402 toward the center, substantially parallel to the long sides. The width of each recess and the length along the longitudinal direction of the Duo card 40 are set to be the same. The adjacent recesses and between the recesses located at the end of the row and the above-described recesses are partitioned by a partition wall. A contact pad is disposed in each of the plurality of recesses, for example, 10 recesses.

  FIG. 2 shows the overall appearance of an example of an IC card connector according to the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the IC card connector includes a base member 10 on which a plurality of contact terminals and the like for electrical connection to the SD card 42 or the Duo card 40 accommodated, and the base member 10. And a cover member 12 (see FIG. 4) that cooperates to form a card accommodating portion of each card.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the cover member 12 having a gate-shaped cross-sectional shape is formed by performing processing such as punching or bending on a thin metal material. A plurality of substantially rectangular engagement holes (not shown) are formed on both side surfaces of the cover member 12.

  The cover member 12 is fixed to the base member 10 by engaging each of the claw portions in the side wall portions 101 and 102 of the base member 10 to be described later with the corresponding engagement holes. Become.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, a presser that movably supports a cam lever 50 (see FIG. 1) in an eject mechanism 24 described later is provided on one side surface side of the upper surface portion that connects both side surface portions of the cover member 10. A spring 122 is provided. The base end portion of the holding spring 122 having elasticity is formed integrally with the cover member 12. The holding spring 122 is formed, for example, by punching a part of the cover member 12 toward the inside thereof by press working. Accordingly, an opening is formed around the portion of the cover member 12 corresponding to the pressing spring 122.

  Furthermore, a plurality of openings are formed corresponding to the above-described upper surface portion adjacent to the pressing spring 122 and directly above a plurality of contact terminals 26 described later. A bent piece that protrudes toward the card accommodating portion is formed at the periphery of each opening. The bent piece abuts against the end of the inserted SD card 42, and the SD card 42 is erroneously inserted into the card slot from the end on the side opposite to the end on the normal insertion direction side. In other words, damage to the contact terminal 26 due to so-called reverse insertion is avoided.

  When the base member 10 to be described later is covered with the cover member 12 described above, one of the SD card 42 and the Duo card 40 is provided at one end of the card housing portion between the base member 10 and the cover member 12. A common card slot 104 through which cards are selectively passed is formed.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the open end portion as the common card slot 104 has a step-shaped cross section corresponding to the cross-sectional shape of the SD card 42 to be inserted.

  The base member 10 is integrally molded with a molded resin material, for example. The side wall 101 and the side wall 102 of the base member 10 guide one side of the SD card 42 passing therethrough so as to form a part of an open end having a cross section like a large and small rectangular shape stacked. And a guide part 106 that faces the guide part 108 and guides the other side part. The lowermost end portions of the guide portions 106 and 108 guide the side portions of the passing Duo card 40, respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the base member 10 includes side walls 101 and 102 that form both side portions of a card accommodating portion in which the SD card 42 and the Duo card 40 are detachably accommodated, and ten Duo card components. The contact terminal 30 and the contact terminal fixing wall 103 on which nine contact terminals 26 for the SD card 42 are arranged are configured.

  A plurality of claw portions are formed at predetermined intervals on the outer surface of the side wall 101 corresponding to the plurality of engagement holes of the cover member 12 described above. Although not shown on the outer surface of the side wall 102, similar claw portions are formed at predetermined intervals at a plurality of locations corresponding to the engagement holes of the cover member 12 described above.

  For example, each contact terminal 26 is arranged in a portion close to the contact terminal fixing wall portion 103 in the card accommodating portion so as to be substantially parallel to the side walls 101 and 102 at a predetermined mutual interval. The plurality of contact terminals 30 are arranged at positions below the contact terminals 26 so as to be substantially parallel to the side walls 101 and 102 at a predetermined mutual interval.

  A contact terminal 26 made of a thin metal material, for example, phosphor bronze for a spring, is soldered to a contact portion that has elasticity and contacts the contact pad of the SD card 42 and is electrically connected to the electrode portion of the wiring board PB. The soldering terminal portion is fixed and electrically connected, and the contact portion and the soldering terminal portion are connected to each other, and the fixing portion is fixed to the contact terminal fixing wall portion 103 of the base member 10. Has been. Although the illustration of the fixing portion of the contact terminal 26 is omitted, the insertion direction of the SD card 42 is opposite to the groove formed in the contact terminal fixing wall portion 103 through the through hole formed in the contact terminal fixing wall portion 103. By being press-fitted from the direction side, it is fixed to the base member 10.

  A contact terminal 30 made of a thin metal material, for example, phosphor bronze for a spring, has a contact portion that has elasticity and contacts the contact pad of the Duo card 40 and is electrically connected to the electrode portion of the wiring board. A soldered terminal portion that is fixedly attached and electrically connected, and a contact portion and the soldered terminal portion that are connected to each other and fixed to the contact terminal fixing wall portion 103 of the base member 10. It is configured. The fixed portion of the contact terminal 30 is fixed to the base member 10 by insert molding together with the bottom of the card accommodating portion.

  Further, the soldered terminal portions of the contact terminals 26 and 30 respectively protrude outward from the contact terminal fixing wall portion 103.

  In the vicinity of the contact portion of the contact terminal 30, a partition plate 20 that guides and biases the inserted SD card 42 toward the contact terminal 30 is provided so as to be movable up and down. Both side portions of the partition plate 20 for selectively guiding the inserted SD card 42 or Duo card 40 toward the contact terminal 26 or the contact terminal 30 are respectively guided portions 110 of the base member 10 (in FIG. (Only the side is shown). Both side portions of the partition plate 20 are biased upward by a push-up spring 32 (see FIG. 3). Further, the partition plate 20 urged by the push-up spring 32 has one end portion extending from the both sides thereof toward the contact terminal fixing wall portion 103 abutting against the inner peripheral surface of the upper portion of the cover member 12, thereby The uppermost position of 20 is restricted to a predetermined position.

  A plurality of elastic pieces 44 and 46 for urging the inserted Duo card 40 upward are arranged in parallel at a predetermined interval at the bottom of the card slot 104 side from the position where the partition plate 20 is disposed. Has been.

  In addition, a card misinsertion prevention mechanism is provided inside the side walls 101 and 102 forming a part of the card slot 104. The card misinsertion prevention mechanism is in a state in which the contact pad of the SD card 42 is inserted toward the inner peripheral surface of the cover member 12, that is, in a so-called reverse insertion state, the end of the SD card 42 in the advancing direction contacts An actuator 18 serving as an erroneous insertion restricting member that restricts erroneous entry of the SD card 42 into the contact terminal 30, a pair of lock fitting members 14 and 16 that make the actuator 18 locked or unlocked, and an actuator 18 It includes a torsion coil spring (not shown) that biases in one direction.

  The actuator 18 formed like a crank has shaft portions at both ends, and has a connecting portion for connecting one shaft portion and the other shaft portion at the center portion.

  Each of the cylindrical shaft portions is rotatably supported by a bearing portion formed in the card housing portion of the base member 10. Moreover, the movement of the shaft portion in the radial direction is restricted by the arc portions of the movable pieces of the lock metal members 14 and 16 described later. A torsion coil spring is wound around the outer peripheral portion of each shaft portion. One end of the torsion coil spring is locked to the end portion of the actuator 18, and the other end of the torsion coil spring is locked to the side wall portion of the base member 10. As a result, the actuator 18 is biased in the counterclockwise direction, which is the ejection direction of the SD card 42, with the shaft portion described above as the center in FIG.

  The connecting portion has an abutting surface with which an end portion in the advancing direction of the inserted SD card 42 abuts at one end portion in the longitudinal direction. On the other hand, the inserted Duo card 40 passes below the connecting portion.

  At both ends of the connecting portion to which each shaft portion is connected, a notch portion that is locked to the peripheral edge portion of the opening portion of the movable piece of the lock fitting members 14 and 16 described later is formed. The notch part is formed in the end surface which opposes the contact surface in the above-mentioned connection part. Accordingly, hook-shaped engaging portions 184 and 182 that are engaged with the peripheral edge portions of the opening portions of the movable pieces of the lock metal members 14 and 16 are formed at both ends of the connecting portion.

  Since the pair of lock metal members 14 and 16 have the same structure, the lock member 14 will be described and the description of the lock metal member 16 will be omitted.

  The lock metal member 14 includes a fixed piece 140 that is press-fitted into a groove formed linearly on the side wall 102 of the base member 10, and a movable piece 142 that is integrally formed at one end of the fixed piece 140. Yes.

  A curved portion is formed at a portion of the movable piece 142 that is continuous with one end of the fixed piece 140 so as to project to a portion through which the side portion of the SD card 42 passes. As a result, the distance between the curved portion of the lock metal member 14 and the curved portion of the lock metal member 16 facing each other is slightly smaller than the horizontal width of the SD card 42, and the horizontal width of the Duo card 40. The dimension is larger than that.

  A rectangular opening into which the engaging portion 184 of the actuator 18 is inserted is formed at one end of the movable piece 142. A predetermined gap is formed between the peripheral edge of the opening and the outer periphery of the engaging portion 184 so that one end of the movable piece 142 can move. Further, a stopper portion that restricts the initial position of the movable piece 142 is provided adjacent to the curved portion of the movable piece 142.

  As a result, when the side portion of the SD card 42 passes between the curved portion of the lock metal fitting 16 opposite to the curved portion of the lock metal member 14, each curved portion is pressed by both side portions of the SD card 42. Therefore, the opening of the movable piece 142 is separated from the engaging portion 184 of the actuator 18. Accordingly, the lock metal members 14 and 16 bring the actuator 18 into an unlocked state. Thereby, the actuator 18 is rotated. At this time, the end of the rotated actuator 18 pushes down the end of the partition plate 20 so that the inserted SD card 42 is passed over the rotated actuator 18 and is shown in FIG. Thus, the upper surface of the partition plate 20 is passed.

  On the other hand, when the curved portion of the lock fitting member 14 and the curved portion of the lock fitting member 16 facing each other are changed from the pressed state to the non-pressed state, for example, when the SD card 42 is ejected from the card accommodating portion, it is movable. The piece 142 is returned to the initial position by the restoring force of the curved portion, and the opening is fitted to the engaging portion 184 of the actuator 18 that is biased and rotated by the biasing force of the torsion coil spring. It becomes. Therefore, the lock metal members 14 and 16 bring the actuator 18 into the locked state again as in the initial state.

  An ejecting mechanism 24 that holds the SD card 42 or the Duo card 40 in the card accommodating portion and selectively ejects the SD card 42 or the Duo card 40 from the card accommodating portion is provided in the inner portion of the side wall 102.

  The eject mechanism 24 is supported so as to be movable with respect to the base member 10, and the first eject member 242 and the second eject member 244 that selectively hold the SD card 42 and the Duo card 40, and the contact terminals of the base member 10 It is interposed between the wall adjacent to the fixed wall portion 103 and the first eject member 242 and biases the first eject member 242 and the second eject member 244 in the ejection direction of the SD card 42 and the Duo card 40. A coil spring 22 and an eject member controller that performs control to selectively hold or release the first eject member 242 and the second eject member 244 with respect to the base member 10 in accordance with an operation of attaching and detaching the SD card 42. It is configured to include.

  The eject member control unit is formed around the heart cam and a substantially heart-shaped cam element (heart cam) formed on the side wall 102 side of the first eject member 242 as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-31416. And a lever-shaped cam lever 50 having one end connected to a hole provided inside the side wall 102 and the other end slid along the lever guide groove. The presser spring 122 (see FIG. 4) of the cover member 12 is included.

  The presser spring 122 biases the bent tip of the cam lever 50 so as to be in sliding contact with the guide surface of the lever guide groove. As a result, one end of the cam lever 50 is guided sequentially through each guide groove constituting the lever guide groove following the operation of the first eject member 242, and once on the cam surface formed on the heart cam. By being held, the first eject member 242 with the SD card 42 or the Duo card 40 is held in the card accommodating portion. Then, when one end of the cam lever 50 is separated from the cam surface by further pushing operation of the SD card 42 or the Duo card 40, the first eject member 242 with the SD card 42 or the Duo card 40 is moved to the coil spring 22. It is moved in the card ejection direction by the urging force. The first eject member 242 has a slope portion 243 with which the chamfered portion of the inserted SD card 42 comes into contact.

  Further, the first eject member 242 is, for example, a second eject member that is molded of a resin material and selectively holds the inserted Duo card 40 as shown in a partially enlarged view in FIG. 244 is integrally formed through the connecting portion 246.

  The second eject member 244 has a card support member 248 that extends along the attaching / detaching direction of the Duo card 40. The card support member 248 has a positioning member 247 on the end side. The positioning member 247 is fitted into the concave portion 402 (see FIG. 5) at the tip of the inserted Duo card 40 to position the Duo card 40 with respect to the second eject member 244. The card support member 248 has an abutting surface 241 at the proximal end. The first abutting surface 241 is in contact with the end surface of the distal end portion of the inserted Duo card 40. A second abutting surface 249 against which the end surface of the inserted SD card 42 is abutted is connected to the end of the second ejecting member 244 that is connected to the stepped portion including the first abutting surface 241. Is formed. As shown enlarged in FIG. 5, the position of the first abutting surface 241 is closer to the card slot by a predetermined distance ΔDa, for example, about 1 mm than the position of the second abutting surface 249. Is set. As a result, as shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 5, the lengths protruding from the card slot in the inserted Duo card 40 and SD card 42 are substantially the same, so the card slot in the Duo card 40 and SD card 42 is the same. The projecting end surfaces are arranged on a common plane. Therefore, in the electronic device to be mounted, it is easy to provide a common lid member covering the end of the Duo card 40 or the SD card 42 protruding from the card slot 104 of the IC card connector corresponding to the card connector in the housing. Become.

  At that time, the second eject member 244 is a first member in which the positioning member 247 fitted into the concave portion 402 at the front end portion on the back surface portion of the inserted Duo card 40 is brought into contact with the end surface of the front end portion of the Duo card 40. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the height of the Duo card 40 in the second ejecting member 244 in the thickness direction. Therefore, the height of the IC card connector can be reduced.

  A detection switch group 34 for detecting the presence / absence of the SD card 42 and the position of the write protect button of the SD card 42 is provided at a portion of the side wall 101 facing the ejection mechanism 24.

  In such a configuration, when the SD card 42 is mounted in the card housing portion, the curved portion of the lock fitting member 16 that faces the curved portion of the lock fitting member 14 by the tip portion of the SD card 42 that passes through the card slot 104. Will be pressed in the direction away from each other. Thereby, the opening part of each movable piece 142 is spaced apart from the engaging parts 182 and 184 of the actuator 18, respectively. Therefore, the actuator 18 is unlocked.

  Next, when the leading end portion of the SD card 42 is further inserted along the traveling direction, the actuator 18 is subjected to the biasing force of the torsion coil spring while the leading end portion of the SD card 42 is in contact with the abutting surface of the actuator 18. The SD card 42 is held in a predetermined position by the first ejecting member 242 and the second ejecting member 244 by passing against the actuator 18 and the partition plate 20 by being rotated counterclockwise. Become.

  On the other hand, when the SD card 42 is taken out from the card accommodating portion, the SD card 42 is further pushed in, and together with the first eject member 242 and the second eject member 244, due to the biasing force of the coil spring 22 of the eject mechanism. The SD card 42 is moved in the ejection direction. At that time, the actuator 18 is rotated by the biasing force of the torsion coil spring, and the opening of the movable piece of the lock fitting member 16 opposite to the opening of the movable piece 142 of the lock fitting member 14 is restored by its restoring force. Then, it returns to the position facing the engaging portions 182 and 184 and is inserted. As a result, the actuator 18 is returned to the initial locked state again.

  When the Duo card 40 is mounted at a proper position in the card housing portion, the tip of the inserted Duo card 40 passes between the curved portion of the lock metal member 14 and the curved portion of the lock member 16 facing each other. Then, it passes directly under the connecting portion of the actuator 18 and the partition plate 20 and is introduced into a portion of the regular lower card accommodating portion. At that time, the positioning member 247 in the above-described second eject member 244 is fitted into the concave portion 402 (see FIG. 5) at the front end portion of the back surface portion of the inserted Duo card 40. At that time, after the closed end surface forming a part of the concave portion 402 of the Duo card 40 is brought into contact with the end surface of the positioning member 247, the Duo card 40 is further accompanied by the second eject member 244 and the first eject member 242. Is pushed to a predetermined position. As a result, the inserted Duo card 40 is held at a predetermined position in the second eject member 244.

  On the other hand, when the Duo card 40 is taken out from the card accommodating portion, the Duo card is further pushed in, and the Duo card 40 is pushed together with the first eject member 242 and the second eject member 244 by the biasing force of the coil spring 22 of the eject mechanism. The card is moved in the eject direction.

10 Base member 12 Cover member 24 Eject mechanism 26, 30 Contact terminal 40 Duo card 42 SD card 241 First abutting surface 242 First eject member 244 Second eject member 247 Positioning member 248 Card support member 249 Second Butt surface

Claims (3)

The first and second IC cards have a card slot through which one of the first and second IC cards having different lengths and thicknesses along the attachment / detachment direction can pass, and electrode portions of the first and second IC cards A plurality of types of contact terminal groups that electrically connect the IC card housing portion for housing the first or second IC card;
An ejection mechanism that holds at least one of the first and second IC cards in the IC card housing portion and has at least one ejection member that is ejected through the card slot;
The eject member has a length and thickness that are smaller than the length and thickness of the first IC card when the first IC card or the second IC card is held in the IC card housing portion. A card support member engaged with a recess provided at an end of the second card having a first card, and a first position formed in a position spaced from the base end of the card support member in a direction away from the card slot. An abutting surface against which the end face of the tip of the IC card abuts,
When the first IC card or the second IC card is held in the IC card housing portion, the lengths of the first IC card or the second IC card that protrude outside through the card slot are substantially the same. IC card connector characterized by being identical.   The eject member includes a first eject member that is urged by an elastic member in a direction of ejecting one of the first and second IC cards, and a connecting portion connected to the first eject member. 2. The IC card connector according to claim 1, further comprising: a second ejecting member which is connected via a card and has the card support member and the abutting surface.   2. The IC card connector according to claim 1, wherein the eject member holds the first IC card in the IC card housing portion in a reverse insertion state.

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