Patent ID: 7645166

Claim:
A card connector adapted for receiving a card therein which defines a plurality of contact traces thereon each extending along an insertion direction thereof, the card connector comprising: an insulating housing having a base board and two sidewalls extending upward from two opposite side edges of the base board, a receiving room being defined by the base board and the sidewalls for receiving the card therein; a plurality of electrical terminals disposed in the base board of the insulating housing and each having a contact portion stretching into the receiving room for electrically contacting the corresponding contact trace of the card; and a monitoring member disposed in the insulating housing behind the electrical terminals, the monitoring member having a flat base plate disposed in a rear of the base board, a monitoring arm extending along the insertion direction of the card, and a connecting arm connecting the monitoring arm to the base plate, the connecting arm being inclined upward to make the monitoring arm stretched into the receiving room, wherein both the monitoring arm and the contact portion of one corresponding electrical terminal are aligned with each other along the insertion direction of the card for electrically contacting one same contact trace of the card.