Patent ID: 7182645

Claim:
A card connector for an electronic device to which one of a plurality of IC cards having the same pad pitch but different card external dimensions can be selectively attached, comprising: a connector body having a space configured to receive either of two inserted IC cards having different dimensions; and a plurality of contacts provided in the space, said contacts being substantially parallel to the direction along which either IC card is inserted, wherein each of the contacts provided in the space has a first contact point disposed on a first elastic portion, a second contact point disposed on a second elastic portion, a plate-like fixing portion, and a terminal portion, the first elastic portion is positioned in a cantilever-like manner at a front side of the plate-like fixing portion, and the second elastic portion is positioned in a cantilever-like manner at a rear side of the plate-like fixing portion, the first and second contact points are positioned in a front-and-rear relationship along the direction along which either IC card is inserted, the first contact point is located to make electrical contact with a first IC card when the first IC card is inserted in the card connector and said second contact point is located to make electrical contact with a second, dimensionally different, IC card when the second IC card is inserted into the card connector.