Patent ID: 6875057

Claim:
A memory card connector ( 10 ), comprising: a housing ( 12 ) mounting a plurality of terminals ( 18 ) having contact portions ( 18 a ) for engaging contacts on one side of a memory card ( 26 ); a cover ( 14 ) mounted on the housing ( 12 ) and defining a card-receiving cavity ( 16 ) therebetween for receiving the card ( 26 ) in a given, normal orientation; displacement means on the housing ( 12 ) for displacing the memory card ( 26 ) toward the cover ( 14 ) if the memory card ( 26 ) is inserted into the cavity ( 16 ) in an abnormal orientation; and stop means on the cover ( 14 ) for engaging an edge of the memory card ( 26 ) to prevent the card ( 26 ) from reaching the contact portions ( 18 a ) of the terminals ( 18 ) if the memory card ( 26 ) is inserted into the cavity ( 16 ) in said abnormal orientation.