JP2003346976A - Connector device for card - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely prevent a card from being electrostatically damaged both in inserting and discharging thereof. <P>SOLUTION: A frame body 7 having a card insertion port 7a is held on a panel 6 and allowed to advance and retreat, the frame body 7 is energized in the direction projected from the panel 6 by a coil spring 8, an grounding slide plate 5 brought into contact and separated with/from a metal frame 26 of the frame body 7 is installed between the frame body 7 and a housing 2, the frame body 7 is not grounded when the card 27 is inserted, the frame body 7 is brought into contact with the grounding slide plate 5 before a terminal 27a of the card 27 contacts a connection terminal 10 in an attaching process for the card 27, and the frame body 7 is brought into contact with the grounding slide plate 5 before the terminal 27a is separated from the connection terminal 10 in discharge of the card 27. Static electricity charged on the user is thereby prevented from flowing in the card 27 even not only in the insertion of the card 27 but also in the attaching process and the discharge thereof, so as to prevent surely an IC chip in the inside thereof from being damaged. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a card connector device to be used by mounting a card such as a small memory card having a built-in IC chip.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A card connector device is mounted on various electronic devices such as a digital camera and a PDA (Personal Data Assistance: portable terminal). A card such as a small memory card is mounted on the card connector device. Thus, electronic data is stored, or electronic data stored in a small memory card is read into an electronic device.

[0003] Small memory cards include I memory such as IC memory.
Since a C chip is built in and this IC chip is easily broken by static electricity, it is necessary for an operator who handles a small memory card to take measures to prevent the IC chip from being broken by the charged static electricity.

Heretofore, as an example of a card connector device which has taken such a countermeasure against static electricity, a housing having an insertion space into which a small memory card is inserted, and a plurality of housings fixed to the housing and exposed in the insertion space. And a conductive frame having a card insertion slot for inserting a small memory card into an insertion space. The frame is held so as to be able to protrude and retract from the panel of the electronic device, is always grounded, and is elastically urged in the card discharging direction by a spring.

In the card connector device configured as described above, when the operator manually inserts the small memory card from the card insertion slot into the housing, the terminal of the small memory card is connected with the pushing operation of the frame. When the pressing operation force is removed after the connection to the connection terminal and the mounting of the small memory card is completed, the frame returns to a state in which the frame projects from the panel. Therefore, when discharging the small memory card, even if an operator charged with static electricity touches the small memory card, the operator first touches the frame projecting from the panel, so that the static electricity flows to the ground through the frame. become. Thus, the flow of static electricity to the IC chip built in the small memory card is prevented, and the small memory card can be protected from electrostatic damage.

[0006]

In the conventional card connector device described above, when the small memory card is mounted, the frame grounded to the ground protrudes from the panel more than the small memory card. Therefore, when the small memory card is ejected, the small memory card can be protected from electrostatic breakdown. However, when the operator manually inserts the small memory card from the card insertion slot of the frame into the housing, the small memory card is brought into contact with the frame and then inserted into the housing. As a result, the static electricity charged to the operator is discharged to the frame via the small memory card, and the IC chip of the small memory card is destroyed.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of such a situation of the prior art, and its object is to reliably prevent a card from being damaged by static electricity both when the card is inserted and when it is ejected. The object of the present invention is to provide a simple card connector device.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, in a card connector device according to the present invention, a housing in which a plurality of connection terminals are arranged in parallel, a front plate opposed to the front of the housing, and A frame body having a card insertion slot and held so as to be able to protrude and retract from the front plate; and an elastic member for urging the frame body in a direction to protrude from the front plate, at least the front surface of the frame body is conductive. Having a conductive contact portion electrically connected to the front surface, and a grounding member capable of coming in contact with and separating from the conductive contact portion is provided on the rear side of the frame, and an operator can use the card. In the process of being manually inserted from the card insertion slot and attached to the housing,
The terminal of the card is brought into contact with the connection terminal after the conductive contact portion comes into contact with the grounding member in accordance with the pushing operation of the frame.

In the card connector device configured as described above, the frame is not grounded in the standby state where the card is not inserted. Therefore, when the operator manually inserts the card into the card insertion slot, the card is not inserted. Even if the operator contacts the front surface of the frame, static electricity charged to the operator is not discharged to the frame via the card. Then, in the process of mounting the card into the housing from the card insertion slot, the terminal of the card contacts the connection terminal after the conductive contact portion is brought into contact with the grounding member in accordance with the pushing operation of the frame, so that the operator The charged static electricity is always grounded via the frame before the terminal of the card contacts the connection terminal. Further, the frame body protrudes from the front plate during the mounting of the card, and when the card is ejected from this state, the conductive contact portion comes into contact with the grounding member in accordance with the pushing operation of the frame body. Before the user manually pulls out the card from the card insertion slot, static electricity charged to the operator is always grounded via the frame.
Therefore, not only when the card is inserted but also when the card is being inserted or ejected, static electricity charged to the operator does not flow through the card, so that the destruction of the internal IC chip can be reliably prevented.

In the above structure, a slide member which can reciprocate along the card insertion / ejection direction while being engaged with the card, and an urging member for elastically urging the slide member toward the card ejection direction. A lock mechanism for holding the slide member at a position where the card is mounted on the housing, and a lock release mechanism for releasing the locked state of the slide member by pushing the card from the mounted position once to the back. When such a configuration is adopted, in the process of ejecting the card from the housing, the conductive contact portion is brought into contact with the grounding member along with the pushing operation of only the frame body, and then the card is once pushed backward. The locked state of the slide member is released, and the card can be ejected. Therefore, the mounting and ejection of the card to and from the housing can be performed by one push operation, respectively, and a card connector device excellent in operability can be realized.

In the above construction, the lock mechanism and the lock release mechanism are formed on the housing, the engagement pin having one end pivotally supported by the slide member and the other end swingably provided, and A heart-shaped cam groove having a pin locking portion for locking the other end of the pin to hold the card at the mounting position, and the heart-shaped cam groove is involved in discharging the card from the mounting position. Having a discharge path for guiding the other end of the mating pin, and moving the other end of the engaging pin locked by the pin locking portion to the discharge path by pushing the card from the mounting position once to the back. Therefore, it is preferable that the lock state of the slide member is released. If such a configuration is adopted, the lock mechanism and the lock release mechanism can be realized with a simple configuration, and the card is excellent in operability. Connector equipment It can be realized at low cost.

In the above structure, the frame is composed of a frame member made of synthetic resin having a card insertion slot, and a conductive metal plate covering at least the front and side surfaces of the frame member. It is preferable that the side surface of the plate is a conductive contact portion. If such a configuration is adopted, the frame can be realized with a simple configuration, and the card connector device capable of reliably preventing the electrostatic breakdown of the card can be reduced. Can be realized at cost.

[0013]

1 is a plan view of a card connector device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the card connector device. FIG. 3 is a left side view showing a part of the card connector device, FIG. 4 is a plan view of a housing provided in the card connector device, FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of a guide groove formed in the housing, 6 is a plan view of a cover provided in the card connector device, FIG. 7 is a front view of the cover, FIG. 8 is a plan view of a frame member provided in the card connector device, and FIG. 9 is a frame member. Front view, FIG. 10
Is a rear view of the frame member, FIG. 11 is a left side view of the frame member, FIG. 12 is a right side view of the frame member, FIG. 13 is a plan view of a metal frame provided in the card connector device, FIG.
4 is a front view of the metal frame, FIG. 15 is a left side view of the metal frame,
FIG. 16 is a right side view of the metal frame, FIGS. 17 to 22 are explanatory views showing the mounting operation of the small memory card in the card connector device, and FIGS. 23 to 27 are diagrams of the small memory card in the card connector device. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a discharging operation. 18 to 27, the coil springs 8 and 16 are omitted for simplification.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a card connector device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention mainly includes a housing 2.
A discharge mechanism 3 provided on the left side of the housing 2 in a plan view, a cover 4, a ground slide plate 5 (grounding member),
It is composed of a panel 6 (front panel), a frame 7 and a coil spring 8 (elastic member).

As shown in FIG. 4, the housing 2 is composed of a frame 9 made of synthetic resin and a plurality of connection terminals 10 fixed to the frame 9 by insert molding. A regulating wall 11 and a guide groove 12 forming a part of the discharge mechanism 3 are formed on the left side of the frame 9.
Two convex locking portions 9 are provided on both side walls in the width direction.
a, 9a are formed, and a mounting portion 9b of the ground sliding plate 5 is formed at the front end (lower end in FIG. 4) of the left wall surface.

The connection terminals 10 are arranged at regular intervals on the rear wall of the frame 9, and the connection terminals 10 protruding from the front surface of the rear wall of the frame 9 are contact portions for elastic contact with terminals of a small memory card. 10a, and a protruding portion from the opposite wall surface forms a crank-shaped soldering portion 10b (see FIG. 3). These connection terminals 1
Each of the 0 soldering portions 10b is soldered to a land portion provided on a circuit board (not shown) of the electronic device. As shown in FIG. 1, the ejection mechanism 3 includes a slide member 13 having an engagement portion 13a protruding from the front edge of the small memory card.
An engagement pin 14 having one end 14a pivotally supported by the slide member 13 and a swingable other end 14b; and a slide member engageable with a recess provided on one side edge of the small memory card. An elastic piece 15 held by the spring 13 and a coil spring 16 (biasing member) for elastically biasing the slide member 13 in the card discharging direction are provided. Slide member 13
The horizontal movement is regulated by both regulating walls 11 and 11 and is reciprocable in the direction of inserting and ejecting the small memory card.

As shown in FIG. 5, the guide groove 12 is provided with a heart-shaped cam groove 17 and a guide groove 18 which communicates with the heart-shaped cam groove 17 and extends forward. The heart-shaped cam groove 17 is used to lock the insertion path 17a and the ejection path 17b of the other end 14b of the engaging pin 14 and the other end 14b so as to hold the small memory card at the mounting position. A portion 17c.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the cover 4 made of a synthetic resin includes a top plate 19 having a rectangular shape in plan view, and
Side plates 20 and 21 bent at right angles from right and left end edges opposed to each other in the width direction.
Two square holes 22 are formed in 0 and 21, respectively. The top plate 19 of the cover 4 is
Are mounted so that the side plates 20 and 21 cover both side surfaces of the housing 2.
The cover 2 is prevented from falling off from the housing 2 by snap-fastening the locking members 2 to the locking portions 9a, 9a on both side walls of the frame 9 (see FIG. 3). A small memory card is inserted between the housing 2 and the cover at the open end 2.
An insertion space 24 for insertion from the third side is formed (see FIG. 1).

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
Is formed of a conductive metal plate. A contact portion 5a having an arc shape in a plan view is formed at one end, and a bent piece 5b formed by bending from one side edge is formed at the other end. This bent piece 5b
Is soldered to the ground provided on the circuit board described above. The panel 6 is a front panel of various electric devices such as a personal computer and a PDA, and is disposed to face the housing 2. The panel 6 is provided with a through hole 6a for holding a frame 7 described later so as to be able to protrude and retract. (See FIGS. 1 and 2).

The frame 7 includes a frame member 25 and a metal frame 26 (conductive metal plate). As shown in FIGS. 8 to 12, the frame-shaped member 25 is made of a synthetic resin block-shaped member, and has a through hole 25a penetrating from the front surface to the back surface. Further, rectangular recesses 25b are formed on both side surfaces of the frame-shaped member 25, a stopper portion 25c is formed at a rear end portion of a right side surface, and a bottomed hole 25d is formed at an end portion of a left side surface. ing. As shown in FIGS. 13 to 16, the metal frame 26 is made of a conductive metal plate bent and formed in a U-shape in plan view. Pieces 26a, 26
a, and a rectangular through hole 26b is formed in the front thereof. The frame body 7 is assembled by mounting the metal frame 26 so as to cover the front surface and both side surfaces of the frame member 25. At this time, the cut-and-raised pieces 26a formed on the metal frame 26 are attached to both sides of the frame member 25. Wall recess 25
b, 25b, the metal frame 2
6 is prevented from falling off (see FIGS. 1 and 2).

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the frame 7 assembled in this manner is held in a through hole 6a formed in the panel 6 so as to be able to protrude and retract, and the contact portion 5a of the earth sliding plate 5 is provided.
Are disposed so as to be able to contact and separate from the left side surface of the metal frame 26. Further, one end of the coil spring 8 is inserted into the bottomed hole 25 d of the frame member 25, and the other end of the coil spring 8 is locked on the front end surface of the frame 9. Therefore, the frame 7 is elastically urged by the coil spring 8 in a direction to protrude forward from the panel 6, and the stopper 25 c abuts on the rear surface of the panel 6, thereby preventing the frame 7 from dropping off the panel 6. The front opening of the frame 7 forms a card insertion slot 7a.

Next, the operation of the card connector device 1 configured as described above will be described. First, the process of inserting a small memory card into the card connector device 1 will be described mainly with reference to FIG. 1 and FIGS.

First, a small memory card which is an example of a card used in the card connector device 1 is shown in FIG.
7, the small memory card 27 is a rectangular plate-like member, and a plurality of terminals 27a arranged at predetermined intervals in the width direction are provided on the lower surface of the leading end. I have. In addition, a concave portion 27 b that can engage with the elastic piece 15 held by the slider member 13 is provided on one side edge of the small memory card 27.

FIG. 1 shows a stand-by state in which a small memory card 27 is not inserted into the card connector device 1 and a card is not inserted.
Is projected forward from the panel 6 by the elastic biasing force of the coil spring 8, and the metal frame 26 of the frame 7 and the ground slide plate 5
Is separated from the contact portion 5a, the frame body 7 is maintained in a state where it is not grounded.

When the small memory card 27 is to be inserted into the card connector device 1 from the standby state, the operator first picks up the small memory card 27 and manually inserts the card 27 into the card insertion slot 7a of the frame 7. I do. At this time, even if the terminal 27a of the small memory card 27 comes into contact with the front surface of the frame 7, the frame 7 is separated from the ground slide plate 5 and is not grounded. There is no discharge between the card 27 and the frame 7 and an IC such as an IC memory built in the card 27
The chip is reliably protected from electrostatic damage. When the operator manually inserts the small memory card 27 to the position shown in FIG. 17 and further pushes in the rear end of the card 27 manually, as shown in FIG. Abuts on the engaging portion 13a of the slide member 13, and the elastic piece 15
To lock. As a result, the slide member 13 is
7, the distal end portion 14b of the engaging pin 14 swingably held by the slide member 13 is guided by the guide groove 18 of the heart-shaped cam groove 17, as indicated by an arrow A in FIG. Move toward the back along.

When the small memory card 27 is further pushed in, the rear end face of the card 27 becomes substantially flush with the front face of the frame 7 and thereafter the fingers of the operator come into contact with the front face of the frame 7. The pressing operation of the frame 7 is performed together with 27. As shown in FIG. 19, when the frame 7 is pushed in and moved to the back, first, as shown in FIG.
Abuts on the contact portion 5a of the ground slide plate 5, and after the frame 7 is grounded via the ground slide plate 5, the terminal 27a of the small memory card 27 is connected to the connection terminal 10 as shown in FIG.
Contact portion 10a. By these operations,
As shown by an arrow B in FIG.
b moves into the insertion path 17a of the heart-shaped cam groove 17.

Then, by pushing the small memory card 27 a little further than the mounting position, an arrow C shown in FIG.
As shown by, the distal end portion 14b of the engaging pin 14 moves from the inside of the insertion path 17a to the back through the pin locking portion 17c. If the pushing operation force is removed in this state, the slide member 13 is pushed back by the elastic force of the coil spring 16, and as shown by an arrow D in FIG. Is moved and locked. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 21, the small memory card 27 is held at the mounting position where each terminal 27a is brought into contact with the contact portion 10a of the connection terminal 10, and the frame 7 is pushed back by the elastic force of the coil spring 8. The metal frame 26
Is separated from the contact portion 5a of the ground slide plate 5, and then returns to the initial position protruding from the front surface of the panel 6, and the small memory card 27 is mounted on the housing 2 as shown in FIG.

As described above, even in the process of mounting the small memory card 27 into the housing 2 from the card insertion slot 7a, before the terminal 27a of the card 27 comes into contact with the contact portion 10a of the connection terminal 10, the frame 7 Is grounded via the ground slide plate 5, static electricity charged to the operator does not discharge between the small memory card 27 and the connection terminal 10, and the IC memory or the like built in the card 27 The IC chip is reliably protected from electrostatic breakdown.

Next, the process of ejecting the small memory card 27 mounted on the housing 2 will be described mainly with reference to FIGS.
7 will be described.

When the operator manually pushes the frame 7 from the small memory card 27 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, first, the metal frame 26 of the frame 7 contacts the contact portion 5a of the ground sliding plate 5, and the frame 7 is grounded via the ground sliding plate 5. When the frame 7 is further pushed in, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 25, from the state where the rear end surface of the card 27 is substantially flush with the front surface of the frame 7, the operation of once pushing the card 27 backward from the mounting position is performed as shown in FIG. . At this time, as shown by an arrow E in FIG. 5, the other end 14b of the engagement pin 14 is disengaged from the pin locking portion 17c, and the discharge path 17b deeper than the pin locking portion 17c.
Move in. As a result, since the locked state of the slide member 13 is released, when the pushing operation force is removed, the slide member 13 is pushed back by the elastic force of the coil spring 16, and as shown by an arrow F in FIG. The other end 14b of 14 moves from the inside of the discharge path 17b to the inside of the guide groove 18. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 26, after each terminal 27a of the small memory card 27 separates from the contact portion 10a of the connection terminal 10, the metal frame 26 of the frame 7 separates from the contact portion 5a of the ground sliding plate 5. Then, the frame 7 returns to the initial position protruding from the front surface of the panel 6. Then, as shown by an arrow G in FIG. 5, the distal end portion 14b of the engaging pin 14 moves to the front end of the guide groove 18, so that the small memory card 27 engaged with the slide member 13 as shown in FIG.
Is discharged from the card insertion slot 7a.

In the process of ejecting the small memory card 27 from the housing 2 as described above, after the frame 7 is brought into contact with the ground sliding plate 5 in accordance with the pushing operation of the frame 7, the card 27 is temporarily moved backward. To release the locked state of the slide member 13 and eject the card 27, even if the operator performing the pushing operation is charged with static electricity, the static electricity is transferred from the frame 7 to the ground sliding plate. 5 is grounded. Therefore, even when the small memory card 27 is ejected, the static electricity charged to the operator does not discharge between the small memory card 27 and the connection terminal 10, and the IC chip such as the IC memory built in the card 27 is not discharged. Is reliably protected from electrostatic damage.

In the above embodiment, the case where the frame 7 is separated from the housing 2 and installed on the panel 6 side of the electronic device has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the frame 7 may be provided on the housing 2 side. Good. In this case, since the card connector device can be configured in a form in which the frame is incorporated in advance, the operation process when mounting the electronic device on the card can be simplified.

[0033]

The present invention is embodied in the form described above and has the following effects.

The frame having the card insertion slot is held on the front plate so as to be able to protrude and retract, and the conductive contact portion of the frame and the grounding member come into contact with and separate from each other as the frame is pushed. When the card is inserted, the static electricity charged to the operator is not discharged to the frame through the card, and the static electricity charged to the operator is not applied to the terminal of the card even in the process of mounting the card in the housing. Before the card comes into contact with the connection terminal, it is grounded via the frame, and even when the card is ejected, before the operator pulls out the card from the card slot, static electricity charged to the operator must be passed through the frame. Therefore, the static electricity charged to the operator does not flow through the card, not only when the card is inserted, but also when the card is inserted or ejected, thereby reliably preventing the destruction of the internal IC chip. thing It can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a card connector device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the card connector device.

FIG. 3 is a left side view showing a part of the card connector device.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a housing provided in the card connector device.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of a guide groove formed in the housing.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a cover provided in the card connector device.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the cover.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of a frame-shaped member provided in the card connector device.

FIG. 9 is a front view of the frame-shaped member.

FIG. 10 is a rear view of the frame-shaped member.

FIG. 11 is a left side view of the frame-shaped member.

FIG. 12 is a right side view of the frame-shaped member.

FIG. 13 is a plan view of a metal frame provided in the card connector device.

FIG. 14 is a front view of the metal frame.

FIG. 15 is a left side view of the metal frame.

FIG. 16 is a right side view of the metal frame.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory view showing a mounting operation of a small memory card in the card connector device.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory view showing a mounting operation of the small memory card in the card connector device.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory view showing the mounting operation of the small memory card in the card connector device.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory view showing a mounting operation of the small memory card in the card connector device.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory view showing an operation of mounting a small memory card in the card connector device.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory view showing an operation of mounting a small memory card in the card connector device.

FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram showing an ejection operation of the small memory card in the card connector device.

FIG. 24 is an explanatory view showing an ejection operation of the small memory card in the card connector device.

FIG. 25 is an explanatory view showing an ejection operation of the small memory card in the card connector device.

FIG. 26 is an explanatory diagram showing an ejection operation of the small memory card in the card connector device.

FIG. 27 is an explanatory view showing the ejection operation of the small memory card in the card connector device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Card connector device 2 Housing 10 Connection terminal 10a Contact part 12 Guide groove 17 Heart-shaped cam groove 17a Insertion path 17b discharge route 17c Pin lock 3 Discharge mechanism 13 Slide member 14 Engagement pin 14a One end 14b other end 16 Coil spring (biasing member) 4 Cover 5 Ground sliding plate (grounding member) 6 panel (front panel) 7 Frame 7a Card slot 25 picture frame members 26 Metal frame (conductive metal plate) 8. Coil spring (elastic member) 27 Small memory card (card)

Continuation of front page    F term (reference) 5B058 CA03 CA13 KA24                 5E021 FA05 FB02 FB05 FB18 FC17                       FC25 FC36 HA07 HB02 HB05                       HB16 HC17 HC36 KA05                 5E023 AA04 AA16 AA21 BB19 BB22                       CC23 DD14 DD19 EE10 GG08                       HH08 HH11 HH19 HH25

Claims (4)

[Claims] A housing in which a plurality of connection terminals are juxtaposed; a front plate facing the front of the housing; a frame having a card insertion slot and held in the front plate so as to be able to protrude and retract; An elastic member for urging the frame in a direction protruding from the front plate, wherein the frame has at least a front surface having conductivity and a conductive contact portion electrically connected to the front surface. ,
Further, a grounding member that can be brought into contact with and separated from the conductive contact portion is installed on the rear side of the frame, and in a process in which an operator manually inserts a card from the card insertion slot and mounts the card on the housing, A card connector device, wherein a terminal of the card is brought into contact with the connection terminal after the conductive contact portion comes into contact with the grounding member in accordance with a pushing operation of a body. 2. A slide member according to claim 1, wherein said slide member is reciprocally movable in an insertion and ejection direction of said card while being engaged with said card, and said slide member is elastically provided in a direction of ejection of said card. An urging member, a lock mechanism for holding the slide member at a position where the card is mounted on the housing, and a lock state of the slide member is released by once pushing the card backward from the mounting position. A card connector device comprising a lock release mechanism. 3. The locking mechanism according to claim 2, wherein the lock mechanism and the lock release mechanism each include an engagement pin having one end pivotally supported by the slide member and the other end pivotally provided;
A heart-shaped cam groove formed on the housing and having a pin locking portion for locking the other end of the engagement pin to hold the card at the mounting position. The card has a discharge path for guiding the other end of the engagement pin in the process of discharging the card from the mounting position, and the card locked by the pin locking portion by once pushing the card backward from the mounting position. A card connector device wherein the locked state of the slide member is released by moving the other end of the mating pin to the discharge path. 4. The frame according to claim 1, wherein the frame is made of a synthetic resin frame having the card insertion slot, and at least a front surface and side surfaces of the frame member are electrically conductive. A card connector device comprising a metal plate, and a side surface of the metal plate serving as the conductive contact portion.