Ejector for right angle board mount connector

Claim 1

A connector for a PC card having a direct push type of a card disengaging mechanism provided therein, comprising a connector element (100); a housing (200) comprising a pair of spaced frames (210, 220) extending in a direction (A) of card insertion/removal, integrated with the connector element at the opposite sides thereof to form a card guiding means (205) between the opposite frames; and a lever (400) having opposite ends to be arranged at the side of the top surface of the connector element with a pivot being located between the opposite ends thereof, one of which ends is raised to form a card pushing means (410); an ejector to be detachably mounted to the housing, comprising a rod (500) with one end thereof forming a push button means (510) and the other end thereof being linked to the other end of the lever, a space gap (250) open at the side of the top connector element surface being defined between one of the housing frames and the connector element, wherein when the rod is actuated relative to the connector element, the lever (400) is pivotal, while its card pushing means (410) is allowed to pass through said space gap (250), to thereby have the card pushing means push the PC card directly, characterized in that: 1) the ejector further comprises a body (300) having opposite side walls (310, 320) extending in the card insertion/removal direction (A) and a top wall (330) bridging the same, the body being sized so as to fit at the insides of its opposite side walls with both the housing (200) and connector element (100) at the outsides thereof when it is mounted to both the elements (100, 200) from the outside of the top connector element-surface; 2) a sleeve means (350) with the rod (500) being slidable therein is integral with one of the opposite side walls (320) of the ejector body at the outside thereof; 3) the lever (400) is pivotally mounted at the pivot (335, 430) thereof to the top wall (330) of the ejector body; and 4) the opposite frames (210, 220) of the housing and the opposite side walls (310, 320) of the ejector body are provided with positioning means (211, 221; 321, 311) for positioning the ejector body (300) relative to the housing (200) in the card insertion/removal direction (A) and détente means (215, 225; 325, 315) for interlocking the ejector body with the housing when said body mounting from the outside of the housing top wall is effected.