Patent ID: 7294003

Claim:
A memory card socket structure comprising: a shell member having a card compartment for allowing a memory card to be inserted thereinto or taken out therefrom; a contact block disposed at a rear side of the card compartment; a plurality of contact terminals fixed at the contact block, each end portion of the contact terminals being projected toward an opening side of the card compartment to be in contact with terminals of the memory card and each base portion of the contact terminals being connected to a circuit board; a slider moved back and forth between a position near the opening side and a position near the rear side in the card compartment along with an insertion and extraction of the memory card; a coil spring for pressing the slider toward the opening side of the card compartment; and a spring guide fixed at the contact block and elongated toward the opening side of the card compartment to be inserted through the coil spring, wherein the spring guide includes a base portion provided with a leading end to be adjoined to the circuit board, and wherein the base portion of the spring guide is embedded within the contact block as a single body.