Patent ID: 8303321

Claim:
A card connector used for receiving an inserted card, defining a card receiving space and a card insertion/ejection direction, comprising: an insulative housing having a holding portion; a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing; a slider having a lock retention pocket releasably engaged with the holding portion of the insulative housing; and a spring compressed between the insulative housing and the slider for urging the slider along the card ejection direction; wherein the slider is moveable relative to the insulative housing in response to a separation of the holding portion from the lock retention pocket, wherein the insulative housing comprises an activating lug located behind the slider and the activating lug is exposed into the card receiving space, wherein the insulative housing comprises a cantilevered beam connected to the activating lug and the holding portion bends forwardly from a distal end of the cantilevered beam, wherein the cantilevered beam extends along a left-and-right direction and is deflectable along an up-and-down direction perpendicular to both the left-and-right direction and the card insertion/ejection direction.