Patent ID: 7247055

Claim:
A card connector, comprising: an insulating housing having a first card receiving slot provided with a plurality of contacts the insulating housing having an accomodating member,and a plate-form member protuding from the accomodating member,an elastic contact member of each of the contacts being exposed on a lower side of the plate-form member; at least one elastic projection having a first inclined surface that rises at an inclination in a card insertion direction and a second inclined surface that rises at an inclination in a card removal direction, the second inclined surface being steeper than the first inclined surface, the first and second inclined surfaces of the one elastic projection extending into the first card receiving slot in a position opposing the elastic contact member ; and a first card that electrically connects with the contacts, the first card being removably receivable in the first card receiving slot and having a flange protruding from a main surface thereof, the flange being formed to engage the first inclined surface when the first card is inserted in the first card receiving slot and engage the second inclined surface when the first card is removed from the first card receiving slot.