Patent ID: 7293708

Claim:
A memory card connector, comprising: a housing defining at least part of a card-receiving cavity of the connector and including a bottom wall and a side wall joined to the bottom wall; a slider movably mounted on the housing and engageable with a memory card for movement therewith, the slider being slidable along an inside of said side wall of the housing, the slider having a projection engageable in a recess in a side of the memory card, the projection causing the slider to be biased outwardly toward the side wall if the memory card is inserted into the cavity in an incorrect orientation; and a slit formed adjacent a juncture between the bottom wall and the side wall of the housing to allow the side wall to yield in the event that the slider is biased outwardly against the side wall in response to an incorrectly inserted memory card, wherein said side wall has a narrow section joined to said bottom wall and a wider section along said slit.