Patent ID: 7867034

Claim:
A card connector in which a base member and a cover member form a card accommodation space with a card insertion slot and in which two types of cards, a large card and a small card having a width less than the large card, are capable of being selectively installed in the card accommodation space, the card insertion slot including paired first guideways along which the large card is guided and paired second guideways along which the small card is guided, the card connector comprising: a plurality of contacts including a plurality of first contacts for the large card which comprise contact points arranged so as to face downward in the card accommodation space and a plurality of second contacts for the small card which comprise contact points arranged so as to face upward in the card accommodation space; paired lock brackets configured to detect the width of the large card provided in the first guideways to move from a first position of the lock brackets to a second position of the lock brackets; an actuator configured to engage with the paired lock brackets and to be rotatable from the first position of the actuator to the second position of the actuator, the actuator comprising at least an engagement portion and a passage opening through which the small card is capable of passing; and a partition member comprising a partition plate configured to be movable from the first position of the partition plate to the second position of the partition plate and a driving piece configured to engage with the engagement portion, the partition member sorting the inserted large and small cards to an upper part and a lower part, respectively, of the card accommodation space, wherein when the large card is inserted into the card connector with an external contact oriented upward, the lock bracket is moved from the first position of the lock bracket to the second position of the lock bracket to enable the actuator to be rotated, and when the large card is further fed into the card connector, the actuator is rotated from the first position of the actuator to the second position of the actuator to move the partition plate from the first position of the partition plate to the second position of the partition plate, thus allowing the large card to be guided to the upper part of the card accommodation space.