Patent ID: 7682174

Claim:
An electrical card connector, comprising: an insulative housing having a supporting surface with a front end and a rear end; a plurality of contacts assembled in the housing and oriented toward the rear end, each contact having at least a contact engaging portion extending above the supporting surface; a switch terminal arranged in the rear end; and one of the contact engaging portions engaged with the switch terminal when a card is inserted, and electrically separated from each other when the card is removed; wherein the switch terminal has a second contact portion extending toward the rear end and under the corresponding contact engaging portion; wherein an opening is formed on the front end of the housing; wherein a receiving room extends from the opening toward the rear end, and the supporting surface is bottom of the receiving room; wherein the switch terminal comprises an assembling portion assembled to the rear end of the housing, a soldering portion extending from one end of the assembling portion and protruding out of the housing, and the second contacting portion extending from the other end of the assembling portion and protruding into the receiving room.