Card connector

1. A card connector adapted for connecting an electrical card with a printed circuit board comprising:

an insulative housing comprising a plurality of passageways and a plurality of pairs of recesses communicating with corresponding passageways; and

a plurality of terminals each comprising a main body retained in said passageway, a contacting portion for electrically contacting with the card and a soldering portion for soldering the card connector to the printed circuit board, the main body comprising a pair of fixing portions perpendicularly extending from opposite ends thereof and latching into a corresponding pair of recesses of the housing, wherein

said contacting portion extends from one fixing portion toward the other; wherein

said main body comprises a pair of horizontal girders parallel to each other, the fixing portions perpendicularly extending between the girders; wherein

said main body comprises said pair of girders parallel to each other, said contacting portion extending between said pair of girders; wherein

said soldering portion horizontally extends from a bottom end of the fixing portion; wherein

each passageway is longitudinal and includes a pair of step portions positioned on opposite sides thereof for receiving the girders of a corresponding terminal; wherein

said housing includes a notch for receiving the soldering portion of the terminal; wherein

said insulative housing includes an inclined plane projecting into the passageway, and wherein said contacting portion includes a spring portion abutting against the inclined plane.

2. A card connector comprising:

an insulative housing defining opposite upper and bottom faces with a plurality of passageways extending therethrough in a vertical direction;

a pair of recesses communicatively located by two sides of each of said passageways;

a plurality of terminals disposed in the corresponding passageways, respectively, each of said terminals including a main body having a pair of spaced horizontal beams with a contacting portion located therebetween and extending upwardly above the upper face, a pair of fixing portions located at two opposite ends of each of said horizontal beams and received in the corresponding recesses, respectively; wherein

each of said terminals further includes a mounting portion for mounting to a printed circuit board, and said mounting portion extends from one of said fixing portions; wherein

said one of the fixing portions is positioned adjacent to a side face of the housing; wherein

each of said recesses is exposed to the bottom face while unexposed to the upper face.