Patent ID: 7329146

Claim:
A card connector for mounted on a PCB (Print Circuit Board), comprising an insulating housing having an upper surface and a bottom surface further comprising a plurality of passageways; a plurality of contacts received in the passageways of the housing; and the housing further comprising a recess formed on the upper surface; the recess has an outer recess which has a flared inlet and an inner recess having a bottom surface lower than the outer recess with a step formed therebetween, at least two metal guiding arms received on the housing; wherein each metal guiding arm has a plurality of legs at least one of which extends across the upper surface and another across the bottom surface of the housing respectively, thus engaging the metal guiding arms onto the housing; wherein the leg portion, which extends across the upper surface of the housing, has a curved portion extending into the recess and secured by the step and one of the legs is used to solder each of the metal guiding arms onto a PCB.