Patent ID: 7651352

Claim:
A card connector adapted for receiving an electronic card, comprising: an insulating housing having a receiving recess; a plurality of terminals received in the insulating housing and protruded into the receiving recess for contacting the electronic card; an eject mechanism disposed in the insulating housing and beside the receiving recess; a locking element mounted in the insulating housing, the locking element having a locking plate mounted to a bottom of the receiving recess, the locking plate having a locking portion protruded upwards, the locking portion capable of being pressed downwardly by the inserted electronic card and elastically released to engage with a recess of the electronic card when the electronic card is fully inserted into the receiving recess, the locking element having a holding plate and the locking plate extending substantially perpendicular to the holding plate from a bottom edge of the holding plate, the holding plate being restrained in a slot of the insulating housing, the locking plate having an elongated shape and being placed in a locking recess formed at a bottom of the receiving recess and extending along an insertion direction, the locking portion being formed at a portion of the locking plate adjacent to a free end of the locking plate, the locking plate having a plurality of protrusions at an edge thereof corresponding to locking holes formed at a bottom of the locking recess for fixing the locking element to the insulating housing; and a cover coupled with the insulating housing.