Patent ID: 7422462

Claim:
A connector adapted to hold and be connected electrically with a card, the connector comprising: an insulative housing having a front end; a rear end; a bottom; two opposite sidewalls being formed on and protruding up from the bottom; two rear walls being formed on and protruding up from the bottom at the rear end adjacent respectively to the sidewalls; a recess being defined in the insulative housing; a pair of pivot holes, the pivot holes being defined respectively in the sidewall near the rear end; a plurality of mounting slots being defined in the bottom; and a pair of holders, the holders being L-shaped, corresponding respectively to and formed respectively on the sidewalls adjacent to the rear end, and each holder having a lateral segment being formed on and protruding transversely out from a corresponding sidewall; and a limiting segment connected with and protruding perpendicularly from the lateral segment and being separated from the corresponding sidewall to define a gap between the limiting segment and the corresponding sidewall; a plurality of terminals, the terminals being conductive and being mounted respectively in the mounting slots; and a cover connected pivotally with the insulative housing at the rear end and having a body having a proximal end and a distal end; two opposite sides; and two mounting legs being formed respectively on and protruding respectively out from the sides at the proximal end of the body, corresponding respectively to the sidewalls and the holders and pivotally connected respectively with the sidewalls of the insulative housing at the rear end, and each mounting leg having an outer edge; a pivot boss being formed transversely on the mounting leg and being mounted in the pivot hole in a corresponding sidewall of the insulative housing; and a limiting tab being formed on and protruding out from the outer edge of the mounting leg and selectively extending into the gap between the limiting segment of a corresponding holder and the corresponding sidewall to abut the limiting segment.