Patent ID: 7431618
Filing Date: 2008-10-07
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A memory card connector system, comprising: a connector including a rear terminal-mounting section mounting a plurality of terminals for engaging appropriate contacts on a memory card and defining at least part of a receptacle for receiving a mating end of the memory card, and a pair of side wall sections extending forwardly from opposite ends of the rear section for guiding the memory card into the receptacle, each side wall section including a card stabilizing notch and further including a center section extending forwardly from the rear section between said side wall sections for receiving one or two reduced-size memory cards inserted between the side wall sections and the center section, the center section including a card stabilizing notch engageable with stabilizing protrusions on the reduced-sized memory card(s); and the memory card having the mating end insertable into said receptacle and a stabilizing protrusion at opposite edges thereof engageable in said card stabilizing notches to prevent the card from shifting relative to the connector.