Patent ID: 8152545

Claim:
A card connector adapted for receiving two kinds of cards therein, comprising: an insulating housing defining a first receiving chamber for receiving one card therein and a second receiving chamber separated from the first receiving chamber by a partition for receiving the other card therein; a plurality of first and second electrical terminals disposed in the insulating housing and respectively stretching into the first receiving chamber and the second receiving chamber for electrically contacting the corresponding card; and a monitoring terminal group including a first switch terminal, a second switch terminal and a monitoring terminal, the monitoring terminal having a fastening strip fastened in one side of the insulating housing and a contact plate, the first switch terminal having a first fastening plate fastened in the one side of the insulating housing, a first pressing arm slantwise extending into the first receiving chamber and a first contact portion formed at a distal end of the first pressing arm and capable of elastically contacting the contact plate of the monitoring terminal under the action of the one card pressing sideward the first pressing arm, the second switch terminal having a second fastening plate fastened in the one side of the insulating housing between the second receiving chamber and the monitoring terminal, a second pressing arm slantwise stretching into the second receiving chamber and a second contact portion formed at a distal end of the second pressing arm and capable of elastically contacting the contact plate of the monitoring terminal under the action of the other card pressing sideward the second pressing arm.