Patent ID: 7651351

Claim:
A card connector comprising: an electrically insulative frame base, said electrically insulative frame base comprising a card insertion space that accommodates a set of metal terminals, and a sliding slot disposed at one side relative to said card insertion space; a metal shielding cover fastened to said electrically insulative frame base to cover said card insertion space, said metal shielding cover comprising an elongated guide hole corresponding to said sliding slot of said electrically insulative frame base, said elongated guide hole comprising a narrow elongated front section, a narrow elongated rear section, and a wide middle section connected between said narrow elongated front section and said narrow elongated rear section, said narrow elongated front section and said narrow elongated rear section having a respective width gradually reducing in direction away from said wide middle section; and a card insertion guide adapted to guide insertion of an electronic card into said card insertion space and into contact with said metal terminals in said card insertion space electrically, said card insertion guide comprising a slide slidably mounted in said sliding slot and a limiter member fastened to said slide, said limiter member comprising an upwardly protruding guide portion inserted into and movable along said elongated guide hole on said metal shielding cover and a resilient retaining portion extending out of said slide and suspending in said card insertion space for securing the inserted electronic card in position.