Patent ID: 7232326

Claim:
A card connector comprising: a main body unit having a panel portion including contact elements with a spring property, and having a rising portion on either side, the rising portion having at its front portion a notch portion followed by a hook portion, and having at its rear portion a generally L-shaped see-through hole, the L-shaped hole having a generally horizontal front portion and a generally vertical rear portion, the vertical rear portion having closed top portion so that an outer surface of the closed top portion is coplanar with an outer surface of the generally horizontal front portion; and the main body unit having a tray having a card holding portion for inserting a card, and having a front-portion tab and a rear-portion tab on either side, the rear-portion tab being bent outwardly from the card holding portion, wherein when the tray is closed, the front-portion tab is in a position for engaging with the hook portion and the rear-portion tab is in a position at an end of the horizontal portion of the generally L-shaped see-through hole to regulate the movement of the tray in the back-and-forth direction.