Patent ID: 7568928

Claim:
A card connector comprising: an insulative housing having an open top; a bottom; two opposite sidewalls; an open front end; a rear end; a space defined in the insulative housing and communicating with the open top and open front end; an opening defined through the bottom; and two rail slots defined respectively in the sidewalls and communicating with the space; a plurality of terminals mounted in the opening in the bottom; a pair of hook assemblies mounted on the insulative housing adjacent respectively to the sidewalls and each hook assembly having a hook mounted on the insulative housing and having a mounting portion mounted on the rear end of the insulative housing; a resilient portion being U-shaped and formed on and protruding perpendicularly from the mounting portion; and a hooking portion being angled and formed on and protruding from the resilient portion; and a sheath being angled, covering the hooking portion of the hook and having hardness; a cover being U-shaped, mounted on the insulative housing, covering the hook assemblies and having two side sections and an intermediate section formed between the side sections; and a tray detachably mounted slidably in the space of the insulative housing and having hardness being higher than that of said each sheath; an open bottom; two opposite sides; a cavity defined in the tray and communicating with the open top; two slides being longitudinal, formed respectively on the sides and slidably mounted respectively in the rail slots of the insulative housing; and two positioning notches transversely defined respectively in the slides and selectively engaged respectively with the sheathes on the hooks.