Patent ID: 7708597

Claim:
An electrical card connector, comprising: a flat dielectric base having passageways in both sides; and a shell including a top cover shielding the base and a pair of opposite lateral walls, each said lateral wall forming a beam inwardly to a space defined by said top cover and said lateral walls; said beam slidable in said passageway; wherein each said passageway comprises a top inner face and an opposite bottom inner bottom face, and a side face connecting said top inner face and said inner bottom face, the inner bottom face having a step portion or protrusion; and said beam having a protrusion downwardly; said beam slidable freely in a lower side of the step portion the protrusion mating with said step portion or protrusion for preventing further movement of beam in a higher side of the step portion, the beam leaning against said side face of said passageway; wherein said shell further comprises anchor portions extending from said lateral walls, a plurality of grooves disposed in the bottom of said dielectric base, said anchor portion received within said groove after said beam is slidable into the passageway.