Patent ID: 7090546

Claim:
A card connector adapted for connecting an electrical card with a printed circuit board comprising: an insulative housing comprising a plurality of passageways and a plurality of pairs of recesses communicating with corresponding passageways; and a plurality of terminals each comprising a main body retained in said passageway, a contacting portion for electrically contacting with the card and a soldering portion for soldering the card connector to the printed circuit board, the main body comprising a pair of fixing portions perpendicularly extending from opposite ends thereof and latching into a corresponding pair of recesses of the housing, wherein said contacting portion extends from one fixing portion toward the other; wherein said main body comprises a pair of horizontal girders parallel to each other, the fixing portions perpendicularly extending between the girders; wherein said main body comprises said pair of girders parallel to each other, said contacting portion extending between said pair of girders; wherein said soldering portion horizontally extends from a bottom end of the fixing portion; wherein each passageway is longitudinal and includes a pair of step portions positioned on opposite sides thereof for receiving the girders of a corresponding terminal; wherein said housing includes a notch for receiving the soldering portion of the terminal; wherein said insulative housing includes an inclined plane projecting into the passageway, and wherein said contacting portion includes a spring portion abutting against the inclined plane.