Patent ID: 7104802

Claim:
An IC card connector in which a first and a second IC card are inserted into an insertion slot of a common connector housing so that electrodes of said IC card are connected to contacts in said insertion slot, comprising: a first IC card insertion slot for said first IC card having a first IC card insertion space; a second IC card insertion slot for said second IC card that is narrower than said first IC card, said second IC card insertion slot having a second IC card insertion space, one end along a height axis of said second IC card insertion space being positioned in said first IC card insertion slot, and said second IC card insertion space sharing at least a section of said first IC card insertion space; a plate disposed to partition said shared section with said first IC card as said second IC card insertion space; and includes a mechanism for clearing said first IC card insertion space by retracting from said first IC card insertion space when said first IC card is inserted without said second IC card being inserted.