Patent ID: 7789709

Claim:
A card connector adapted for receiving a card therein, comprising: an insulating housing having a base board, a first lateral wall and a second lateral wall extending upwards from two opposite sides of the base board, and a preventing wall extending upwards from a rear end of the base board, a receiving chamber formed thereamong for receiving the card, a side of a bottom of the receiving chamber adjacent to the second lateral wall having a portion extending upwards to form a middle wall; a plurality of conductive terminals disposed in the insulating housing and contacting the card; and a monitoring assembly disposed in the insulating housing and having a first monitoring member and a second monitoring member, the first monitoring member fixed in the receiving chamber adjacent to the second lateral wall and having a U-shaped base portion and an elastic portion, the base portion defining a first arm and a second arm facing the first arm and adjacent to the second lateral wall, the elastic portion being of substantially smooth V shape with a point back to the second lateral wall for resting against a side of the inserted card, and extending and being arched opposite to the second arm from a free end of the first arm, the second monitoring member mounted in the preventing wall and having a contacting portion extending in parallel with the second lateral wall and located at an outer side of the elastic portion, with a gap formed therebetween; wherein the elastic portion is pressed laterally by the fully inserted card and deflects elastically to connect with the contacting portion, the middle wall is parallel to the second lateral wall with a first receiving recess formed therebetween for fixing the second arm of the first monitoring member, and a bottom of the first receiving recess has two first fixing holes spaced away from each other, each of the first fixing holes has a middle portion of a side thereof penetrating the middle wall to show a T-shape, a bottom edge of the second arm protrudes downwards to form two first fixing pegs inserted into the respective first fixing holes for fixing the base portion of the first monitoring member in the first receiving recess.