Patent ID: 7344416

Claim:
A memory card connector, comprising: a housing having an insulative rear terminal-mounting section defining at least part of a receptacle for receiving a mating end of one or more memory cards, a pair of side wall sections extending forwardly from opposite ends of the rear section, and a center section extending forwardly from the rear section between the side wall sections; a plurality of conductive terminals mounted on the rear terminal-mounting section of the housing for engaging appropriate contacts on the memory card(s) when inserted into the receptacle; and whereby a larger-size memory card can be inserted into the receptacle of the rear terminal-mounting section between the side wall sections and over the center section, and one or two reduced-size memory cards can be inserted between the side wall sections and the center section; wherein the center section has a guide rib for guiding the reduced-size memory cards into the receptacle; and wherein the larger-size memory card has a groove in an underside thereof for accommodating the guide rib.