Abstract: A memory card connector installed in a circuit board to receive a memory card, and to connect the received memory card to the circuit board, the memory card connector including a connector body, a set of terminals, and two metal guide bars, wherein the connector body has a terminal holder block, and two arms respectively and perpendicularly formed on two distal ends of the elongated terminal holder block and arranged in parallel, the arms each having a rear end connected to the terminal holder block and a front end terminating into a locating means; the terminals are respectively mounted in the terminal holder block, each having a rear end welded to a respective contact at the circuit board and a front end projecting into the space defined between the arms of the connector body for receiving the inserted memory card; the metal guide bars each have a coupling unit respectively coupled to the locating means at the arms of the connector body, and a grounding unit respectively connected to a grounding circuit at

Abstract: A straddle mounting type memory card connector installed in a circuit board to receive a memory card, including a connector body, the connector body having two parallel arms and two locating blocks respectively formed integral with the arms at one end, the locating blocks each having a horizontal coupling groove respectively forced into engagement with the wall thickness of the circuit board, a metal supporting plate fastened to the arms of the connector body by a plug joint to protect the arms of the connector body against deformation, two horizontal rows of terminals mounted in the connector body at different elevations and clamped on top and bottom side wall of the circuit board, and two metal grounding members respectively mounted in the arms of the connector body and connected between the metal supporting plate and a respective grounding terminal at the circuit board.