Patent ID: 6846192

Claim:
An electrical card connector adapted for connecting an electrical card, comprising: an insulative housing having a receptacle portion, an inclined surface adjacent to the receptacle portion and a slot at a lower end of the inclined surface; a plurality of conductive terminals received in the insulative housing; an ejector mounted to the housing, the ejector having a locking branch aligned with the inclined surface of the housing, the locking branch having a locking portion upwardly exposed to the receptacle portion; wherein the locking portion is releasably engagable with the slot; wherein the slot of the housing has an acute-angled front portion with an inclined surface, and wherein the locking portion has an inclined face corresponding to the inclined surface of the slot; wherein the electronic card defining a notch at one side thereof; wherein when said electronic cad is initially inserted into the receptacle portion, said locking branch extends in an outwardly spreading manner to have the locking portion retained in said slot for not interfering with the electronic card so that said electronic card is able to be freely inserted into the receptacle portion; while when said electronic card is further inserted into the receptacle portion deeper, the locking branch extends in a inward shrunk matter to have the corresponding locking portion received in the notch of the electronic card so as not to allow said electronic card to be backwardly withdrawn from the receptacle portion.