Patent ID: 8303322

Claim:
A card connector used for receiving an inserted card, defining a card receiving space and a card insertion/ejection direction, comprising: an insulative housing; a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing; a metal shell covering the insulative housing, the metal shell comprising a flexible beam extending towards the card receiving space and a holding portion at the free end of the flexible beam; a slider assembled on the insulative housing and having a notch releasably engaged with the holding portion; and a spring compressed between the insulative housing and the slider for urging the slider along the card ejection direction; wherein the slider is moveable relative to the insulative housing along the card insertion direction in response to a separation of the holding portion from the notch, wherein the inserted card conflicts the flexible beam to disengage the holding portion away from the notch, wherein the notch is on an upper surface of the slider, wherein the notch is adjacent to the spring, wherein the slider comprises a confronting portion which the inserted card confronts with for pushing the slider along the card insertion direction and for the slider to push the inserted card out of the card receiving space along the card ejection direction, wherein the notch is distal from the confronting portion.