Patent ID: 8353727

Claim:
A connector comprising: a housing that has a first recess for having a first card-type electronic component inserted therein, and a second recess which is formed in a bottom surface of the first recess, for having a second card-type electronic component inserted therein, and is smaller in width than the first card-type electronic component, the first recess having a guiding surface for guiding the first card-type electronic component in a card- inserting direction, the second recess having a guiding surface for guiding the second card-type electronic component in the card-inserting direction; and card-selecting means for restricting movement of the first card-type electronic component inserted in the first recess in a height direction of said housing, restricting movement of the second card-type electronic component inserted in the second recess in the height direction, allowing the first card-type electronic component to be inserted into the first recess, and preventing the second card-type electronic component from being inserted in the first recess; wherein said card-selecting means comprises: a cover member that is mounted on said housing in a manner covering the first recess; a movable member that includes a projecting portion which protrudes into the first recess through a window formed in the cover member, prevents the second card-type electronic component inserted in the second recess from moving in the height direction, prevents the second card-type electronic component from being inserted into the first recess, and is mounted on the cover member in a manner capable of moving in the card- inserting direction and the height direction; an urging member for urging the movable member in a card-discharging direction when the movable member is moved in the card-inserting direction with respect to the cover member; connecting means for connecting the cover member and the movable member to each other, and releasing connection of the cover member and the movable member to enable the movable member to move, when a front end of the first card-type electronic component is inserted into the first recess; and movement conversion means operable when the movable member is moved in the card-inserting direction together with the first card-type electronic component after the connection of the cover member and the movable member is released and the first card-type electronic component is brought into abutment with the projecting portion, to convert movement of the movable member in the card-inserting direction to movement in the height direction to thereby move the movable member in the height direction.