Patent ID: 7682168

Claim:
An electrical card connector adapted for receiving an electrical card, comprising: an insulative housing comprising a front wall and a pair of lateral walls extending from the opposite ends of the front wall, the insulative housing defining a card inserting opening opposite to the front wall along a card inserting direction; a plurality of terminals received in the insulative housing; and a shell assembled on the insulative housing and comprising a main portion and a pair of lateral portions extending downwardly from the opposite sides of the main portion, each lateral portion defining a single soldering plate extending inwardly therefrom at the distal end thereof adjacent to the card inserting opening; wherein at least one of the single soldering plates cooperates with the corresponding lateral portion and the main portion to form a rectangular receiving section adjacent to the card inserting opening; wherein the shell is initially assembled to the insulative housing in a first direction perpendicular to the card inserting direction to lock with the insulative housing temporarily, then, the shell slides on the insulative housing in a second direction along the card inserting direction to lock with the insulative housing.