Patent ID: 8608511

Claim:
A card connector, comprising: an insulative housing defining a pair of cavities and having a flange extending into each cavity; a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing; a metal shell covering the insulative housing for defining a first space; and a pair of spring elements associating with the insulative housing and the metal shell for defining a second space, the spring elements having fixing portions retained with the insulative housing, front and rear flexible beams oppositely extending from the fixing portions, and first, second, third, and fourth floating portions formed on respective distal ends of the front and rear flexible beams, the first, second, third, and fourth floating portions protruding into the first space, each of the first, second, third, and fourth floating portions having a protrusion suspending below the flange for preventing the first, second, third, and fourth floating portions from excessively protruding into the first space.