Patent ID: 7014506

Claim:
A memory card connector for mounting on a printed circuit board which includes connecting terminals and at least one ground pad, comprising: an insulative housing having a rear terminal-mounting section defining at least part of a receptacle for receiving a mating end of a memory card, and a fixing base portion disposed over the ground pad on the printed circuit board when the connector is mounted thereon; a plurality of conductive terminals mounted on the terminal-mounting section of the housing for electrical connection between the memory card and the connecting terminals in a receptacle connector on the printed circuit board; a grounding shield mounted on the housing for shielding the conductive terminals and including a grounding portion disposed beneath the fixing base portion of the housing in engagement with the ground pad on the printed circuit board: and a daughter circuit board terminated to said conductive terminals and insertable into the receptacle connector, the conductive terminals including terminal pins inserted into holes in the daughter circuit board and including a pin alignment plate having through holes for receiving the terminal pins and aligning the pins with the holes in the daughter circuit board.