Patent ID: 7503806

Claim:
A card connector base comprising: a metal-inserted housing having a metal substrate formed from a sheet-metal and having a top; a bottom; an outer edge; an opening; a plurality of soldering tabs formed on and protruding downwards from the outer edge; and a plurality of mounting bars formed on and protruding upwards from the outer edge; and an insulative body mounted securely on the of the metal substrate by an insert-molding process and having an intermediate section having a top, a bottom and two ends; and two opposite side sections formed perpendicularly on and protruding respectively from the ends of the intermediate section and each side section having a top surface, a bottom surface and an inside surface and further having a limiting strip formed on and protruding transversely inwards from the inside surface and separating from the top of the metal substrate to define a rail slot between the limiting strip and the metal substrate; an open slot defined transversely through the side section; and a mounting portion formed on the bottom surface and securely covering and holding at least one of the mounting bars by the insert-molding process; a pair of hooking assemblies mounted on insulative body, located respectively adjacent to the side sections and each hooking assembly having a hook mounted on the insulative body and having a mounting portion mounted on the intermediate section of the insulative body; a resilient portion formed on and protruding perpendicularly from the mounting portion; and a hooking portion being angled, formed on and protruding from the resilient portion and extending through one of the open slots; and a sheath covering the hooking portion of the hook; and a card tray detachably mounted slidably in the metal-inserted housing, selectively abutting against the intermediate section of the insulative body, having a top, a bottom, an outside end, an inside end and two opposite sides and further having two slides formed respectively on the sides and slidably mounted respectively in the rail slots; and two positioning notches transversely defined respectively in the slides and selectively engaged respectively with the hooking portions of the hooks.