Patent ID: 6939148

Claim:
An electrical card connector comprising: an insulative housing defining a plurality of passageways extending therethrough; a plurality of signal contacts received in the passageways; a pair of grounding contact being positioned at a rear end of the insulative housing and each having a curved portion; a shell assembled to the insulative housing and comprising a top wall, opposite side walls, and a pair of grounding portions extending downwardly from a rear edge of the top wall and connecting with the curved portions of the grounding contacts, the top wall and the opposite side walls together defining a receiving space for receiving an electrical card wherein the shell defines a number of grounding plates on a rear end of the top wall; wherein the grounding contact comprises an engaging portion extending forwardly from the curved portion and insert-molded with the insulative housing, and a mounting portion extending downwardly and bent rearwardly from the curved portion; wherein the insulative housing defines two recesses at two sides thereof, and the shell defines a pair of retention portion corresponding to the recesses, the recesses securely mating with the retention portions; the electrical card connector further comprising an ejector secured in the side wall of the shell and a retention device secured in the side wall of the shell; and wherein the grounding contacts are arranged at outer sides of signal contacts.