Patent ID: 8662908

Claim:
A card connector, comprising: a housing including an insertion part into which a card is to be inserted; and a switch mechanism including a movable terminal and a plurality of fixed terminals, the movable terminal being configured to deform elastically in response to being pressed by the card upon an insertion of the card into the insertion part, the fixed terminals being provided in a direction in which the movable terminal is displaced by the elastic deformation, wherein the movable terminal is provided separately with respect to each of the fixed terminals, and the switch mechanism is configured to switch a state of connection of the movable terminal and the fixed terminals between a first state where the movable terminal is in contact with one of the fixed terminals, a second state where the movable terminal is in contact with each of the fixed terminals, and a third state where the movable terminal is out of contact with each of the fixed terminals based on an amount of the displacement of the movable terminal according to a presence or absence of the card in the insertion part and a shape of the card.