Patent ID: 7438598

Claim:
A card connector for holding either of first and second cards, the first card having an upper body portion, a lower body portion, recessed portions formed on a bottom surface of the first card separated from each other by a partition wall, and contact pads provided in the recessed portions, the second card having a card body portion having a size substantially the same as a size of the upper body portion of the first card, and contact pads arranged on a bottom surface of the card body portion, the card connector comprising: a connector housing having an upper wall and side leg portions adjacent to both ends of the upper wall, each side leg portion including first and second side walls and a lower wall formed between the first and second side walls, a base plate adjacent to the side leg portions, the base plate being opposite the upper wall, contact terminals arranged on the base plate, at an interval of space capable of accommodating the partition wall of the first card, each of the contact terminals having a base portion and an elastic deformation portion which elastically deforms to electrically couple with the contact pads arranged on the first and second cards, a first space defined by the upper wall, the first side walls, and the lower walls to hold side edge portions of the upper body portion of the first card and the body portion of the second card and to accommodate the upper body portion of the first card and the body portion of the second card, and a second space defined by the second side walls, to accommodate the lower body portion of the first card, the second space being between the first space and the base plate, wherein the base portion of the contact terminal is placed in the base plate, the elastic deformation portion of the contact terminal extends through the second space into the first space, and no portion of the base plate extends into the second space.