Patent ID: 6962508
Filing Date: 2005-11-08
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A card connector adapted for electrically connecting an electrical card with a printed circuit board comprising: an insulative housing comprising a pair of side walls, a top wall, a rear wall and a base member, a plurality of passageways being defined in the base member, a pair of beams interiorly extending from the side walls for retaining the electrical card in the housing; and a plurality of contacts each comprising a main body received in said passageway, a contacting portion extending from an end of the main body and a soldering portion extending from another end of the main body for electrically connecting the printed circuit board; wherein each beam includes a post joined with a corresponding side wall and a spring arm extending from the post and slanting upwardly toward the top wall, the post being adjacent to the bar and the spring arm being adjacent to the projecting board.