Patent ID: 7708598

Claim:
A card connector, comprising: an insulative housing having a base, a pair of first and second raised sidewalls, and a third raised sidewall to form a receiving cavity therebetween, an insertion opening located opposite to said third raised sidewall, said base having thereon a window, each of said first and second raised sidewalls having a resilient locking arm invading laterally toward said receiving cavity; a contact module disposed within said window of the housing with a plurality of contact sections extending above a top face of the base; a metal shielding member assembled to the housing, the metal shielding member having resilient reinforcement pieces respectively located outside of said resilient locking arms, wherein one of the first raised sidewall and the second raised sidewall defines a second groove, the metal shielding member includes a second resilient reinforcement piece locating in the second groove, a holding section is defined on the free end of the second resilient reinforcement piece, wherein the card connector further includes a detecting switch, said detecting switch includes a movable switch and a stationary switch.