Patent ID: 7566241

Claim:
A stacked card connector, comprising: a first electrical card connector comprising a first insulating housing received a plurality of first terminals and a first ejecting mechanism and a second ejecting mechanism arranged side by side; a second electrical card connector under the first electrical card connector comprising a second insulating housing received a plurality of second terminals; and a converting mechanism on the second electrical card connector having a pair of opposite walls in a card inserting direction; wherein the first and the second terminals extend into corresponding walls of the converting mechanism; wherein the converting mechanism comprises a retaining member on the second insulating housing and a converting plate received in the retaining member; wherein the retaining member defines a plurality of first vertical slots communicating with a front inside surface thereof and a plurality of second vertical slots communicating with a rear inside surface thereof; wherein the retaining member comprises a receiving cavity, said converting plate partially received in the receiving cavity, the front inside surface and the rear inside surface are the inside surfaces of the receiving cavity; wherein the converting plate comprises a main portion, a receiving portion extending from the main portion and a plurality of third terminals located at the opposite lateral surfaces of the receiving portion and engaged with the first and second terminals, said receiving portion is received in the receiving cavity of the retaining member with two opposite surfaces thereof facing to the front inside surface and the rear inside surface, respectively; wherein the third terminal comprises a retaining part retaining in the receiving portion, a soldering part extending from an end of the retaining part and a contacting part extending from the other end of the retaining part opposite to the soldering part and partially beyond the lateral surfaces of the receiving portion; wherein the first insulating housing comprises a base and a base seat extending from the base, the base seat defines two channels side by side, said first and second ejecting mechanisms are, respectively, received in the channels.