Patent ID: 7104820
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A card connector, comprising: an insulating housing defining a card receiving space with a card insertion direction and comprising an engaging portion with an upper face; a plurality of contacts retained in the insulating housing and exposed into the card receiving space; a shell assembled to the insulating housing and comprising a resilient piece corresponding to the engaging portion of the insulating housing; and the resilient piece of the shell engaging with the upper face of the engaging portion of the insulating housing to urge the resilient piece to slightly distort elastically after the shell is assembled to the insulating housing, wherein the engaging portion is a protrusion protruding from the insulating housing, wherein the resilient piece alignedly collides with the protrusion face to face, and wherein the height of the resilient piece plus the protrusion is higher than that of the insulating housing.