Patent ID: 7210950

Claim:
A connector for a memory card comprising: a housing having a card inserting slot on its front face; a contact block that holds a plurality of contacts configured to contact with terminals provided on a face of the memory card and is disposed in a vicinity of a rear end in said housing so that said contacts face said card inserting slot; a slider that configured to contact the memory card inserted into said housing and move in said housing along an inserting direction of the memory card; and a detection switch comprising: a fixed contact plate and a movable spring piece, which are held on said contact block so as to protrude in the insertion direction of the memory card, and are configured to detect when the memory card is inserted into said card insertion slot, wherein said spring piece has a generally V-shaped channel provided on a contacting portion of said spring piece, which is configured to contact a fixed contact provided on the fixed contact plate, and wherein the V-shaped channel extends along a longitudinal length of said spring piece.