Electrical card connector

An electrical card connector, comprising:

• an insulative housing having a receiving cavity for receiving different IC cards;
• a plurality of first contact terminals being retained in a rear portion of the insulative housing for electrical connection with a first inserted card;
• a plurality of second contact terminals spaced from the first contact terminals being retained in a middle portion of the insulative housing for electrical connection with a second inserted card;
• an ejector received in a side portion of the insulative housing, the ejector having a slider, said slider including a first mating part and a second mating part for abutting against different types of card;
• the slider forming a rib slidably received in a slot formed on a top of a shielding.

An electrical card connector for use with at least first and second different type cards, comprising:

• a housing defining a space allowing said cards to be inserted into said space along a front-to-back direction;
• a first set of contacts located in a front area of the housing;
• a second set of contacts located in a rear area of the housing;
• and
• ejection mechanism associated with said housing and moveable relative to the housing along said front-to-back direction;
• wherein
• said ejection mechanism includes first and second abutment sections, said first abutment section being adapted to be engaged with the first card which is inserted into the space along the front-to-back direction and engaged with the first set of contacts, said second abutment section being adapted to be engaged with the second card which is inserted into the space along the front-to-back direction and engaged with the second set of contacts;
• a slider forming a rib slidably received in a slot formed on a top of a shielding.

A method of exclusively mutually receiving first and second different electronic cards in a single card connector, comprising steps of:

• providing a housing with first and second sets of contacts in thereof different areas along a front-to-back direction;
• equipping said housing with an ejection mechanism movable relative to said housing;
• forming spaced first and second abutment sections on the ejection mechanism;
• and
• inserting either the first card into the housing along said front-to-back direction with abutment against the first abutment section, or the second card into the housing along said front-to-back direction with abutment against the second abutment section;
• providing a slider with a rib slidably received in the slot formed on a top of a shielding.