Electrical connector

An electrical connector comprising,

• a housing having an opening portion in an upper surface thereof, said upper surface including a width edge in a short side direction and a side edge in a long side direction;
• and
• a suction member detachably attached to the housing, said suction member including a plate portion for covering the housing and an attachment portion for attaching to the housing at a middle portion of the side edge, said plate portion including an attachment region between both end portions of the attachment portion in the long side direction and a non-attachment region outside the attachment region extending to a distal end portion of the plate portion in the long side direction, said non-attachment region including a deformable portion with a free end portion to be deformable,
• wherein said attachment portion includes en attachment leg disposed on a side edge portion of the plate portion within the attachment region, and
• said plate portion includes a reinforcing portion disposed on the side edge portion of the plate portion within the attachment region and situated away from the attachment leg.

A suction member detachably attached to a housing of an electrical connector, comprising:

• a plate portion for covering the housing;
• and
• an attachment portion for attaching to the housing at a middle portion of a side edge of the housing in a long side direction,
• wherein said plate portion includes an attachment region within both end portions of the attachment portion in the long side direction and a non-attachment region outside the attachment region extending to a distal end portion of the plate portion in the long side direction, said non-attachment region including a deformable portion with a free end portion to be deformable, and
• said attachment region is situated at a middle position of the plate portion in the long side direction, said attachment portion being disposed on an edge portion of the attachment region.