Patent ID: 7128613

Claim:
A memory card connector mountable onto a printed circuit board for receiving a memory card comprising: an insulating housing; a metallic shell covering said insulating housing to define a card receiving room therebetween opening to a front end thereof for receiving said memory card, said metallic shell having two opposite sides electrically connecting to said printed circuit board, one side of said metallic shell being bent inward to form a shell-conductive portion; a plurality of conductive terminals contained in said insulating housing, each said conductive terminal having a contacting portion extending into said receiving room for engagement with corresponding contact of said memory card inserted into said receiving room; and a detecting terminal positioned in a side of said insulating housing, said detecting terminal having a resilient contact arm disposed behind said contacting portions of said conductive terminals and a terminal-conductive portion extending toward said shell-conductive portion of said metallic shell, said resilient contact arm being deflectable by said fully inserted memory card, which drives said terminal-conductive portion to electrically contact with said shell-conductive portion.