Patent ID: 7874857

Claim:
A card connector into and from which a plurality of memory cards are detachably inserted and removed, including a required number of contacts adapted to contact connection portions of said memory cards, a housing arranging and holding said contacts and having a plurality of inserting holes arranged in vertically overlapping relationship for inserting said memory cards, respectively, said card connector comprising: a swing member including fixing portions on its both sides to be fixed in said housing, and a swing part having extending portions extending into said inserting holes when the swing member is fixed in said housing, said swing part having an elastic quality so that the memory card inserted in one inserting hole causes said swing part to be swung into the other inserting hole, and a slit member in the form of a plate arranged in said housing between the two inserting holes and having a notch extending substantially in the inserting direction of the memory cards and having a size enabling said swing member except for said fixing portions to be accommodated so as to permit said swing part to be swung into said inserting holes, and said slit member being formed with slits in opposite faces of said notch for press-fitting said fixing portions of said swing member, respectively, whereby when one memory card is inserted into one inserting hole, the inserted memory card causes said swing part to be further extended into another inserting hole, thereby preventing another memory card from being inserted into the another inserting hole.