Patent ID: 7341465

Claim:
An electrical card connector for receiving a card therein, comprising: an insulative housing and defining a card receiving space thereabouts; a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing with contacting sections extending into the card receiving space; a spacer covering the card receiving space in a front-to-back direction and movable along said front-to-back direction; and a metallic shield seated upon the housing and covering said card receiving space in a vertical direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction; wherein the shield includes a moveable finger with a locking member thereon which is latchably engaged with the spacer when an incorrect/thinner card is inserted into the card receiving space so as not allow the spacer to move along said front-to-back direction thus preventing full insertion of said incorrect/thinner card into the card receiving space, while said moveable finger is urged by a correct/thicker card to be disengaged from the spacer so as to allow the spacer to move along said front-to-back direction, thus permitting full insertion of the correct/thicker card into the card receiving space.