Patent ID: 7753723

Claim:
A card connector adapted for receiving electrical cards, comprising: an insulating housing comprising a base and a plurality of tongue portions extending from the base with receiving channels formed thereon; a shell covering the insulating housing, the shell comprising an upper shell and a bottom shell each formed in L-shape and mounted on opposite faces of the insulating housing in a symmetrical manner; a plurality of contacts arranged in upper and lower line each retained on the housing from a rear face to electrically connect with the corresponding electrical card; and the contacts each comprising a contacting portion extending into a mating portion, a containing portion interferentially secured in the housing, and a soldering portion extending behind the housing; a spacer and a printed circuit board (PCB) each mounted on the insulating housing and the soldering portion of the contacts each receiving in the spacer and the PCB; wherein the distance between the soldering portions of the upper and the lower contacts is smaller than that of the containing portions.