IC card connector grounding structure

An IC card connector grounding structure, comprising:

• an IC card connector having a housing made of an insulating material in which a plurality of pin terminals are arranged in rows and held in position by said housing;
• a shield cover mounted on an upper surface of said housing;
• and
• a circuit board having a ground circuit pattern, said IC card connector being mounted on said circuit board;
• wherein said housing is formed with a pair of cutout portions passing from the upper surface to a lower surface thereof, one of said cutout portions being formed at each end of said rows of pin terminals, and wherein said shield cover comprises a pair of mounting legs formed by folding opposing edges of said shield cover downwardly so that each of said mounting legs is disposed within one of said cutout portions, each of said mounting legs being formed with a mounting portion in direct surface contact with said circuit pattern each of said mounting portions having an outer edge that interlocks with a circumferential edge of said cutout portions, and wherein said circuit board comprises a pair of mounting holes, each said mounting hole being engaged by a screw inserted through said mounting hole from a rear surface of said circuit board so as to engage the mounting portion of each said mounting leg and fasten said shield cover and said IC card connector to said circuit board.