Patent ID: 7121861
Filing Date: 2006-10-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical card connector for receiving an electrical card, comprising: an insulative housing defining a plurality of channels; a plurality of conductive contacts received in the channels; and a holding piece fixed in the insulative housing and fastening the electrical card in a direction oblique to the insertion direction of the electrical card, wherein the holding piece comprises a pair of cantilevered beams; wherein the holding piece includes a base portion, the pair of cantilevered beams formed in opposite sides of the base portion; wherein the insulative housing forms a pair of protrusions for preventing the cantilevered beams from rising; wherein the insulative housing includes a pair of side arms, a bottom wall and a rear wall, thereby forming a receiving recess; wherein the insulative housing defines a slot adjacent to the rear wall and extending through a bottom face of the bottom wall for receiving the holding piece; and wherein the conductive contact includes a body portion, a connecting portion, a contact portion bent and extending from the connecting portion and a pair of fixing portions at opposite sides of the body portion.