Patent ID: 6905369

Claim:
A card connector wherein said card connector includes a case and a plate-like locking projection, said case forms a card insertion space into and from which a card is to be inserted and extracted, comprises contacts which are to be elastically contacted with terminals of the card that is inserted in a normal posture into said card insertion space, and is splittable into a base and a cover which is attached to the base, and which is formed by a sheet metal, said locking projection is to be engaged with a front end face in an insertion direction of the card which is erroneously inserted in a posture different from the normal posture, thereby blocking further insertion or movement of the card, and bendingly formed in a cut and raised state in said cover to project into the card insertion space, a bend line of a basal portion of said locking projection elongates in the card insertion direction, a rear end face in a plate surface width direction of said locking projection is formed as a locking portion for a front end face in the insertion direction of the card, said locking projection has a projection width which enables said locking projection to enter a channel-like recess in which a tip end is opened, said recess being formed in a face of the card opposed to said cover, and in one side end portion which is outside a region where the terminals of the card are formed, the card being inserted in the normal posture into said card insertion space, said locking projection comprises: a first plate portion which elongates into said card insertion space with starting from said bend line of said basal portion of said locking projection; and a second plate portion which is bendingly continuous to said first plate portion in said card insertion space, and said first plate portion and said second plate portion extend in the card insertion direction.