Patent ID: 8460020

Claim:
A thin card connector, comprising: an insulative housing having a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall interconnecting with each other to form a hollow for accommodating a thin card, the bottom wall defining a card supporting surface disposed under the hollow; a plurality of terminals supported by the insulative housing, the terminals divided into a group of first terminals and a group of second terminals, the first terminals having contacting portions which are planar and not deflectable extending into the hollow for contacting with the thin card, the second terminals having contacting portions which are curved and deflectable extending into the hollow, the contacting portions of the first contacts located in front of contacting portions of the second terminals; and at least one guiding groove defined in a front segment of the card supporting surface and disposed under the hollow for guiding the thin card, the guiding groove passing through a front end of the bottom wall to ventilate an exterior; wherein there are a number of terminal slots located in a back segment of the card supporting surface, and at least one partition located between the terminal slot and the corresponding guiding groove; wherein the partition defines an inclined guiding surface facing to the guiding groove and further defines an abutting surface facing toward the first terminal slot; and wherein at least one of the contacting portions of the first terminals abuts against the abutting surface of the partition.