Patent ID: 8043121

Claim:
A connector comprising: a housing having an accommodating section in which a card-like object to be connected is accommodated; contacts that are held by said housing and are brought into contact with the card-like object to be connected which is accommodated in said accommodating section; and a cover that covers an upper surface of the card-like object to be connected which is accommodated in said accommodating section, wherein said cover includes: a cover main body that is opposed to an upper surface of the card-like object to be connected which is accommodated in said accommodating section; a pair of arm portions that are continuous to said cover main body, and are capable of being elastically deformed, shaft portions that are continuous to said pair of arm portions, respectively, and are pivotally supported by bearings formed in side plates of said housing; wherein each of said arm portions is disposed between a side surface of the card-like object to be connected and one of the side plates, and is capable of being brought into contact with the side surface of the card-like object to be connected when said cover main body covers the upper surface of the card-like object to be connected; and wherein said shaft portions are inserted into said bearings from said accommodating section.