Patent ID: 7435116
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical card connector comprising: an insulative housing having a main body, and first and second sidewalls substantially extending in parallel forwards from opposite ends of the main body; a pair of hooks engaged with the first and second sidewalls of the housing and, together with the main body, the first and second sidewalls, defining a receiving cavity for receiving an electrical card; a plurality of terminals disposed in the housing and having contact portions extending into the receiving cavity for contacting the electrical card; and a pair of switching terminals mounted on a front portion of the housing and each defining a contacting portion, and the contacting portions separated from each other in vertical direction without a card in the receiving cavity and engaged with each other in vertical direction during insertion of the electrical card into the receiving cavity; wherein a cover is mounted onto the corresponding front portion of the second sidewall and defines a base extending toward the receiving cavity horizontally and substantially over the contacting portions of the switching terminals at a corresponding front portion of the connector to prevent a user's fingers front touching the contacting portions of the switching terminals.