Patent ID: 8206166

Claim:
A card connector to be inserted a card, comprising: an insulating housing defining a card receiving space to be inserted the card along an insertion direction; a plurality of contacts received in the insulating housing and extended into the card receiving space; and a detecting structure being positioned at a lateral side of the insulating housing and comprising: a first switch terminal comprising: a first main section extended along the insertion direction; a first contacting section comprising a first slating section and a second slanting section, the first slating section slantwise extended into the card receiving space from a free end of the first main section to form a first slope relative to the first main section; the second slanting section slantwise extended into the card receiving space from the free end of the first slating section to form a second slope relative to the first main section; and a second switch terminal comprising a second contacting section and a second main section, the second contacting section extending from an outside end of the second main section to be positioned beside the first slating section and bent toward the first slanting section, the second main section being extended transversely and perpendicularly to the insertion direction; and wherein the first slanting section of the first switch terminal is positioned between the second contacting section of the second switch terminal and the receiving space, the second slope being larger than the first slope.