Electrical card connector having detecting contacts actuated by slider

An electrical card connector having a position detecting mechanism, comprising:

• a metallic shell defining a receiving space and with a connector arranged in a rear portion thereof;
• an inserted-card positioning detecting device arranged within the metallic shell, and including a slider having a depressing portion and a switching configured by a deflectable contact and responding contact;
• and
• wherein when the slider is moved to a first position when a card is correctly inserted, the depressing portion will press the deflectable contact in contact with the responding contact;
• and when the inserted card is removed therefrom, the deflectable contact will be separated from the responding contact when the depressing portion is moved away from the depressing portion.

An electrical card connector for use with an electronic card, comprising:

• an insulative housing defining a card receiving space in communication with an exterior in a front-to-back direction;
• a slider receiving space located beside the card receiving space in a transverse direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction;
• a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing with contacting sections extending into the card receiving space in a vertical direction perpendicular to both said front-to-back direction and said transverse direction;
• a switch disposed in the housing with first and second switch pins facing toward the slider receiving space, said first switch pin being moveable and including a first contacting portion associated with a reacting portion, and the second switch pin including a second contacting portion aligned with the first contacting portion;
• a slider received in the slider receiving space and back and forth moveable along the front-to-back direction essentially between opposite front and rear positions in response to back and forth movement of the electronic card and by means of a spring, said slider defining a depressing portion and a recess aligned with not only each other but also the reacting portion in the front-to-back direction;
• and
• another slider mounted to the housing beside the card receiving space and moveable in the front-to-back direction for engagement with the electronic card to decide front and rear locations of the electronic card within the card receiving space;
• wherein
• when the depressing portion contacts the reacting portion, the first contacting portion contacts the second contacting portion to have the first switch pin and the second switch pin mechanically and electrically connected to each other;
• when the depressing portion leaves the reacting portion and the reacting portion is received in the recess, the first contacting portion does not contact the second contacting portion to have the first switch pin and the second switch pin mechanically and electrically disconnected from each other.