Patent ID: 7682197

Claim:
A memory card connector adapted to connect to an electrical device and selectively connect to a memory card, the memory card connector comprising an insulative housing having a bottom; two opposite sides formed on and protruding up from the bottom and each side having a proximal end and a distal end; a rear formed on and protruding up from the bottom; and a space defined in the insulative housing; a power switch mounted in the space in the insulative housing and having a first detecting terminal mounted in the space in the insulative housing and having a main portion being resilient; a soldering portion being formed on and protruding from the main portion; and a first contact portion formed on and protruding from the main portion; and a second detecting terminal mounted in the space of the insulative housing, selectively contacting the first detecting terminal and having a main portion being resilient; a soldering portion formed on and protruding from the main portion; and a second contact portion formed on and protruding from the main portion of the second detecting terminal, positioned above the first contact portion with respect to the bottom of the insulative housing and selectively contacting the first contact portion of the first detecting terminal; a plurality of conductive terminals mounted through the bottom of the insulative housing, extending into the space and each conductive terminal having a main portion; a soldering portion formed on and protruding from the main portion; and a memory-card contact portion being formed on and protruding from the main portion of the conductive terminal, extending further above the second contact portion of the second detecting terminal with respect to the bottom of the insulative housing and located closer to the rear of the insulative housing than the first and second contact portions of the first and second detecting terminals; and a cover mounted pivotally at the rear of the insulative housing and selectively holding the memory card, wherein the conductive terminals are contacted first by a cover containing a card and secondly by the detecting terminal once the cover is closed.