Patent ID: 7666018

Claim:
An electric card connector, comprising a base having a plurality of electrically conductive terminals, and a lid having a pair of arms formed at two sides of the lid for holding an electric card, said electric card connector being characterized by: two pivot parts provided at the two sides of said lid, respectively, each pivot part having a non-point-symmetric cross-sectional shape; a pair of hinge parts formed at two sides of said base corresponding to said pivot parts, each said hinge part including an aperture that allows a corresponding one of said pivot parts to pierce therethrough and further comprises a swiveling portion and a retaining portion, wherein said swiveling portion allows the corresponding one of said pivot parts to swivel therein while a maximum width of a border between said retaining portion and said swiveling portion is smaller than a maximum width of the non-point-symmetric cross-sectional shape of the corresponding one of said pivot parts so that when said lid lies on and slides along said base, the corresponding one of said pivot parts is allowed to slide from said swiveling portion to said retaining portion without substantial spin; and a tenon formed at a front end of each of said arms while a latching portion is formed at a front end of said base corresponding to said tenons so that when said lid lies on and slides along said base to engage said tenons with said latching portion, said lid and said base are mutually positioned and restricted from relative movement.