Patent ID: 8167643

Claim:
A card connector in which a card receiving space for receiving at least a part of a small card incorporating an integrated circuit is formed by a cover member having at least a top board and right and left side walls and a base member having at least a bottom wall, a front wall, and right and left side walls, the card connector comprising: a plurality of contacts passing through the front wall of the base member and being elastically deformably supported by the base member, each of the contacts electrically connecting an external contact point of a printed board on which the card connector is attached and an external contact point of the small card when the small card is inserted into the card receiving space; and a heat dissipating mechanism located behind the plurality of contacts and elastically deformably supported by the base member; wherein the heat dissipating mechanism includes at least one heat dissipating piece having a free end at one end; the heat dissipating mechanism is disposed at a cutoff portion formed at the bottom wall of the base member such that at least the free end of the heat dissipating piece contacts the printed board when the small card is inserted into the card receiving space; the heat dissipating mechanism includes the at least one heat dissipating piece extending in an anteroposterior direction and having a front heat dissipating piece having a free end at a front end portion, a bent portion continuous with the front heat dissipating piece, and a rear heat dissipating piece continuous with the bent portion and having a rear end portion supported by the base member; the heat dissipating mechanism has a cross section of an angle shape protruding upward; and the bent portion of the heat dissipating piece is disposed inside the card receiving space when the small card is not inserted.