Patent ID: 6955566

Claim:
A connector for use in connecting a card, the connector comprising: a housing made of an insulator; a contact having conductivity and coupled to the housing; and a slider coupled to the housing and movable in a predetermined direction for carrying the card to a particular position faced to the contact, the slider having a pressing part which is non-flat and elastically deformed to cause restoring force while the slider carries the card towards the particular position, the pressing part pressing the card towards the contact by the restoring force when the card is placed at the particular position, and the card having a first surface to be faced to the contact and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the pressing part receiving the card to face the second surface, the card further having a front end and a rear end adjacent to the first and the second surfaces, the front and the rear ends being opposite to each other in the predetermined direction, the slider having: a butting part connected to the pressing part and adapted to be brought into contact with the front end of the card; and a locking part connected to the pressing part and adapted to be engaged with the rear end of the card.