Patent ID: 7927117

Claim:
An electrical card connector, comprising: an insulative housing defining a front mating face and a receiving space extending backwardly from the mating face for receiving an electrical card; a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing for mating with the electrical card; an ejecting mechanism disposed in the insulative housing, the ejecting mechanism including a movable slider, a coil spring urging the slider forwardly, a link rod for controlling the slider to be positioned at a first position or a second position farther away from the mating face than the first position, and a latch spring fixed on the slider, the latch spring defining a resistive portion protruding into the receiving space for locking the electrical card; an elastic limiting portion disposed on the insulative housing and positioned at the first position, the limiting portion extending into the receiving space to abut against the latch spring while being deflected by the electrical card; and a metal shell covering the insulative housing and retained on the insulative housing, the limiting portion is integrated with the metal shell or insert molded into the insulative housing; wherein the latch spring defines a hook protruding into a side cutout of the electrical card to lock with the electrical card; wherein the latch spring defines a retaining portion retained on the slider, a spring portion located between the retaining portion and the hook, and a distal engaging portion extending from the hook to abut against the limiting portion, the hook protrudes downwardly from the spring portion, the limiting portion is located above the engaging portion; and wherein the metal shell includes a top wall and a pair of opposited side walls bending downwardly from two sides of the top wall, the top wall defines a spring arm, the limiting portion is an arc structure and disposed on a front end of the spring arm.