Card connector

A card connector comprising;

• a one-piece insulating housing;
• a plurality of contacts received in the base of the insulating housing;
• a shell covering the insulating housing to define a card receiving space and a card insertion direction perpendicular to said transverse direction;
• and
• the insulating housing formed with a guide rail and a mating portion, both the guide rail and the mating portion unitarily molded with the insulating housing without any relative movement thereto and being juxtaposed with each other from an elevantional view, the contacts comprising a plurality of contacting portions received in the mating portion;
• wherein
• the mating portion is dimensioned with about three fifths of a full dimension of the housing along said transverse direction under a condition that the full dimension of the housing is essentially same as a full dimension of said card receiving space along said transverse direction.

An electrical connector for use with at least one inserted electronic card, comprising:

• an insulative housing comprising a base;
• a plurality of contacts received in the base of the insulating housing;
• a shell covering the insulating housing to define a card receiving space and a card insertion direction;
• and
• the insulating housing fanned with a guide rail and a mating portion, the guide rail and the mating portion being immoveable with regard to the base of the insulating housing and extending into the card receiving space from the base, the contacts comprising a plurality of contacting portions received in the mating portion;
• wherein
• the housing defines a guide slot along the card insertion direction for holding an inserted card, and a cutout vertically in communication with the guide slot, and the shell defines a resilient member inwardly extending through said cutout and invades the guide slot for engagement with the inserted card.