Patent ID: 7435117

Claim:
An electrical card connector comprising: an insulative housing defining a horizontal base with two opposite side walls and a front wall extending upward on three sides thereof; first and second concaves formed in an inner side of each of said side walls and extending through said base in a vertical direction; a first securing member upwardly assembled from a bottom face of the housing and into the first concave, said first securing member including an upper horizontal portion which is dimensioned smaller, in a top view, than the first concave and spaced from an upper face of the base with a distance for receiving a card therebetween, and at least a solder pad located right below the first said arm, and a second securing member downwardly assembled into the second concave from the upper face of the base, said second securing member including an upper horizontal section which is dimensioned larger, in the top view, than the second concave, at least a solder pad located in a bottom portion of the second concave; a switch contact downwardly inserted into a recess on a top surface of one of the sidewalls, said switch contact including a base portion with at least one dimple thereon received in the recess for reinforcement, and a spring contact section extending from the base portion and exposed to the exterior of the top surface for engagement with another switch contact, a securing device having a horizontal solder pad downwardly passing through a laterally extending opening of the recess during assembling until reach a position coplanar with a bottom face of the housing, and a locating portion extending from a lateral side of the switch contact downwardly and received in the recess.