Patent ID: 7048566

Claim:
A card connector for connecting a card to a connection object, the connector comprising: a base member; a conductive contact held by the base member; and a cover member faced to the base member and adapted to press the card towards the contact, the cover member being slidable along the base member in first and second directions opposite to each other, the base member having a locking member for locking the cover member when the cover member slides in the first direction and an elastic member for urging the cover member in a direction away from the base member, the locking member having a locking portion to be engaged with the cover member to inhibit movement of the cover member in the second direction when the cover member slides in the first direction, and a first terminal portion to be connected to the connection object, the elastic member having a press-contact portion to be contacted with the cover member and a second terminal portion to be connected to the connection object, an end portion of the cover member in the second direction being engaged with the base member to be rotatable around a center axis extending along the base member in a direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the locking member being engaged with the cover member in the vicinity of an end portion of the cover member in the first direction to lock the cover member with respect to the direction away from the base member.