Patent ID: 8164908

Claim:
A protector for a plate-like peripheral device to be used by inserting into an insertion site of a predetermined objective equipment, comprising: a first wall including a first guide surface for guiding insertion movement of the plate-like peripheral device in an insertion direction, said first wall having first and second end portions; a second wall arranged in parallel with and opposite to at least a part of the first wall with a given distance therebetween, said second wall including a second guide surface for guiding insertion movement of the plate-like peripheral device in cooperation with at least a part of the first guide surface, and said second wall having first and second end portions; a pair of side walls formed in parallel with the insertion direction of the plate-like peripheral device, said pair of side walls including a first side wall and a second side wall, said first side wall connecting together the first end portion of the first wall and the first end portion of the second wall in a width-wise direction thereof which is perpendicular to said insertion direction, and a second side wall connecting together the second end portion of the first wall and the second end portion of the second wall in said width-wise direction; wherein a first end surface and a second end surface, that are perpendicular to said insertion direction, are formed respectively at end portions in said insertion direction of the first wall and the second wall; and wherein said first and second side walls provided with first and second protrusions which protrude by a given amount in said insertion direction beyond the first end surface and the second end surface; wherein an opening is defined by said first wall, said second wall, said first side wall, and said second side wall, said opening being configured to allow the plate-like peripheral device to be inserted therethrough in said insertion direction; and wherein said opening and said first and second protrusions are arranged to allow the plate-like peripheral device to be inserted, in said insertion direction, between and through the first and second protrusions when inserted through said opening.