Patent ID: 7179103

Claim:
A card connector adapted for receiving electrical cards, comprising: an insulating housing comprising a base and a pair of guiding arms extending from opposite lateral sides of the base along a card ejecting direction and defining a card receiving space; a plurality of contacts arranged in upper and lower line each retained on the housing from a rear face to electrically connect with the corresponding electrical card; and the insulating housing formed with an upper and a lower tongue-type mating portions each for receiving contacts, the mating portions extending from the base along the card ejecting direction to expose into the card receiving space, each guiding arm formed with one or more intermediate portions between the mating portions to sustain the electrical card to electrically connect with the corresponding mating portion; the contacts arranged in upper line each comprising a contacting portion extending into the upper mating portion, a holding portion interferentially secured in the housing, and a tail portion extending behind the housing; the contacts arranged in lower line each comprising a contacting portion extending into the lower mating portion, a holding portion interferentially secured in the housing, and a tail portion extending forwardly on a bottom of the housing; wherein each contact further has an end portion formed in the front of the contacting portion being hold in the tongue-type mating portion, the contacting portion movably protruded out of the tongue-type mating portion to electrically connect with the corresponding electrical card.