Patent ID: 7909650

Claim:
A card connector comprising: a plurality of contacts; and a housing which includes an accommodating portion for accommodating an electronic card having a plurality of connection pads, wherein the housing holds the plurality of contacts, wherein the plurality of contacts include a power-side detection contact and a ground-side detection contact which are electrically connected to each other by being brought into contact with a desired connection pad of the plurality of connection pads when the electronic card is accommodated in the accommodating portion, wherein the power-side detection contact includes a contact portion for being brought into contact with the desired connection pad, and a spring portion for urging the contact portion against the desired connection pad, wherein the contact portion of the power-side detection contact is connected to the spring portion, and the spring portion extends in a short-side direction of the housing, wherein the ground-side detection contact extends in a longitudinal direction of the housing, and wherein the ground-side detection contact includes a contact portion arranged adjacent to the contact portion of the power-side detection contact in the longitudinal direction of the housing.