Patent attributes
A connector includes a cover adapted to push a connection object toward a first contact. The first contact includes a first contact portion to be connected to a contact portion of the connection object. A second contact includes a second contact portion and a locking portion. The cover includes a cover contact portion held by the housing so as to be rotatable between opened and closed positions and to be connected to a shell of the connection object, a connecting portion to be connected to the second contact portion of the second contact, and a to-be-locked portion adapted to engage the locking portion of the second contact. At the time of the connection to the connection object, the shell of the connection object and the second contact are connected to each other through the cover contact portion, the connecting portion, and the to-be-locked portion of the cover.