Patent ID: 6991492

Claim:
A memory card connector for mounting on a printed circuit board, comprising: an insulating housing having a rear terminal-mounting section and at least one longitudinal side wall section extending forwardly from one end of the rear section and combining therewith to define a card-receiving space, the side wall section having first and second inside longitudinal grooves for receiving first and second memory cards, respectively; an array of first terminals mounted on the rear terminal-mounting section of the housing and having contact portions projecting into said space for engaging appropriate contacts on the first memory card and tail portions projecting downwardly with a contact surface parallel to the printed circuit board extending from bent portions of the first terminals for engaging appropriate circuit traces on the printed circuit board; an array of second terminals mounted on the rear terminal-mounting section of the housing and having contact portions projecting into said space for engaging appropriate contacts on the second memory card and tail portions projecting downwardly with a contact surface parallel to the printed circuit board extending from bent portions of the second terminals for engaging appropriate circuit traces on the printed circuit board; and a tail guiding plate mounted to the bottom of the rear terminal-mounting section of the housing and having first and second channels for receiving the tails portions of the first and second terminals, respectively, and aligning the contact surfaces of the tail portions with the respective circuit traces on the printed circuit board, said channels comprising through passages defined by two side walls, perpendicular to the printed circuit board, through which the contact surfaces of the tail portions of the terminals project where side edges of the contact surfaces are adjacent to respective side walls in a respective through passage in the plate.