Card connector having pivotal locking member for preventing card from withdrawing therefrom

A card connector comprising:

• a connector body comprising an insulative housing and a metallic shell covering the insulative housing to jointly form a card receiving space;
• a plurality of contacts each comprising a contacting portion protruding into the card receiving space;
• a locking member pivotally mounted to the connector body, the locking member comprising a card locking beam extending backwardly beyond the card receiving space;
• and
• an elastic member sandwiched between the locking member and the connector body;
• wherein
• the locking member is outwardly and horizontally pivotable to reach an opening status where a card can be freely inserted into the card receiving space along a back-to-front direction, and the locking member is then pivoted by the elastic member to reach a closed status where the card is restricted by the card locking beam in order to prevent the card from backwardly withdrawing from the card receiving space.