Patent ID: 7438599
Filing Date: 2008-10-21
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A socket for a memory card, the socket being attached to a circuit board provided in a body of a device and making an electric connection between the memory card inserted into the device from outside and the circuit board, the socket comprising: a resinous connector housing into which the memory card or a card holder holding the memory card is inserted and by which the memory card or the card holder is held, wherein, in the connector housing, resinous guide walls on which the memory card or the card holder holding the memory card is slid and guided are erected on both sides, respectively, in a width direction perpendicular to a direction in which the memory card or the card holder holding the memory card is inserted and wherein the resinous guide walls have metallic reinforcement tabs, respectively, wherein the metallic reinforcement tabs are molded integrally with the guide walls.