Patent ID: 7195501

Claim:
A card connector adapted for receiving a card, comprising: an insulating housing defining a card receiving space with a card insertion/ejection direction; a plurality of contacts retained in the insulating housing and comprising a plurality of contacting portions exposed into the card receiving space and arranged in two rows along the card insertion/ejection direction to electrically connect with the card; and an ejector assembled to the insulating housing and comprising a slider moving along the card insertion/ejection direction with the card inserted/ejected, an ejecting arm disposed in the slider and protruding into the card receiving space to eject the card, holding means to securely hold the slider in a final position where the card is electrically connected with the contacts and to release the slider from the final position when pushing the card along the card insertion direction from the final position, and a resilient member disposed in the slider to urge the slider to move along the card ejection direction.