Patent ID: 7275944

Claim:
A card connector capable of detecting insertion of a card, comprising: a housing having an opening formed at a front end thereof, at least one receiving space formed therein for receiving a card inserted from outside, and a slide track formed therein and located at a side of said receiving space; a plurality of terminals mounted to said housing and each having an end extending into said receiving space; a contact portion located at a side of said housing; a tongue located in said housing and having two ends mounted to said housing and defining an action portion respectively, said action portion being close to and spaced from said contact portion; and an injecting/ejecting mechanism slidably mounted to said slide track and having an action point facing said receiving space for working on the card inserted from outside and correspondingly injecting/ejecting the card, said injecting/ejecting mechanism having a bevel facing said contact portion; wherein said bevel works on said action portion to push said tongue to contact said portion for detection of an inserted card while said injecting/ejecting mechanism is slidably moved into said card connector.