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1. A connector comprising:
a housing accommodating a card-type unit having a terminal member on one face; a connecting terminal mounted in the housing and contacting the terminal member of the card-type unit; a card guiding mechanism having a sliding member holding a card-type unit inserted into the housing from the rear end portion towards the front end portion and sliding, and a biasing member biasing the sliding member towards the rear end portion, the card-type unit being held at a locked position with contact maintained between the terminal member of the card-type unit and the connecting terminal, and the biasing force of the biasing member moving the sliding member from a final end point towards the rear end portion and advancing the card-type unit to an ejection position when the card-type unit is moved towards the front end portion to the final end point by a push operation pushing the card-type unit held at the locked position towards the front end portion; and a cover member mounted in the housing covering the sliding member and at least a portion of the card-type unit inserted into the housing; wherein:
the housing has a guide rail protruding from the upper face of the bottom wall portion and extending towards the rear end portion, the guide rail including a wide portion near the front end portion and a narrow portion near the rear end portion being narrower in width than the wide portion;the sliding portion has a recessed guide groove slidably engaging the guide rail; andthe guide groove engaging the wide portion when the card-type unit is in the locked position, and the guide groove engaging the narrow portion instead of the wide portion when the card-type unit is in the ejection position. |