Patent ID: 8864525

Claim:
A memory card connector comprising: a housing including an accommodation portion, into which a substantially rectangular memory card having one cutoff corner portion and the remaining corners thereof having non-cutoff corner portions is removably insertable, and a plurality of contacts provided in said accommodation portion which are electrically conductive with terminals that are provided on said memory card; a slider which is slidably movable with said memory card between an initial position, at which said memory card is positioned on an outer side of said accommodation portion, and a fully-inserted position, at which said memory card is fully-inserted inside said accommodation portion together with said slider; a correct-insertion abutting portion and an incorrect-insertion abutting portion provided on said slider, wherein said cutoff corner portion of said memory card abuts against said correct-insertion abutting portion when said memory card is correctly oriented while inserted into said accommodation portion, and wherein one of said non-cutoff corner portions of said memory card abuts against said incorrect-insertion abutting portion when said memory card is incorrectly oriented while inserted into said accommodation portion; a stopper-switch leaf spring provided on said housing, wherein when said cutoff corner portion of said memory card abuts said correct-insertion abutting portion of said slider, which is positioned at said initial position, said stopper-switch leaf spring is positioned at a stopper-ineffective position via a pressure-receiving portion of said stopper-switch leaf spring being pressed by said memory card, and wherein when said non-cutoff corner portion of said memory card abuts said incorrect-insertion abutting portion of said slider, which is positioned at said initial position, said stopper-switch leaf spring is positioned at a stopper-effective position in which said memory card does not interfere with said pressure-receiving portion; and a stopper which is provided on said stopper-switch leaf spring, wherein said slider is allowed to slidably move from said initial position to said fully-inserted position when said stopper-switch leaf spring is positioned at said stopper-ineffective position, and said slider is prevented from slidably moving from said initial position to said fully-inserted position when said stopper-switch leaf spring is positioned at said stopper-effective position, wherein said stopper-switch leaf spring and said stopper are provided within said housing so as not to externally protrude away from said housing when said stopper-switch leaf spring is in a free state.