Patent ID: 7896670

Claim:
A card connector for receiving an electronic card, comprising: an insulating housing defining a card-receiving cavity in a top surface thereof for receiving the electronic card, a rear portion of one side of the insulating housing being cut off to form a channel communicating with the card-receiving cavity, a slender fixing slot being defined at the side of the insulating housing and in front of the channel with a rear end thereof communicating with the channel; a plurality of signal terminals received in the insulating housing for electrically connecting with the electronic card; a detection terminal mounted to the side of the insulating housing, the detection terminal having a slender fixed portion received in the fixing slot, an elastic portion being extended rearward from a rear end of the fixing portion and deflected inwardly to enter the card-receiving cavity, a free end of the elastic portion being curved inwardly to form a detection portion; and a shielding shell covered on the insulating housing, the shielding shell having a side plate covered to the side of the insulating housing, the side plate defining an opening at a rear portion thereof for corresponding to the channel, a flexible strip being extended rearward from a front edge of the opening and deflected inwardly to be located at the channel and outside the detection terminal, a free end of the flexible strip being curved inwardly to form a contact portion; wherein when the electronic card is fully inserted into the card-receiving cavity, a side of the electronic card presses against the detection portion of the detection terminal and make the elastic portion deflect outwardly to electrically contact with the contact portion of the flexible strip of the shielding shell.