Patent ID: 9478880
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A connector which has a rear end in a front-rear direction and is connected with a circuit board when the circuit board is inserted into the connector through the rear end along the front-rear direction, wherein: the connector comprises a plurality of contacts and a holding member holding the contacts; the holding member has a first guide portion and a second guide portion which are arranged away from each other in a pitch direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction; each of the first guide portion and the second guide portion has an upper portion and a lower portion; in each of the first guide portion and the second guide portion, each of the upper portion and the lower portion intersects with an up-down direction perpendicular to both the front-rear direction and the pitch direction, and each of the upper portion and the lower portion is provided with a projection portion, which projects toward a position between the upper portion and the lower portion in the up-down direction; each of the first guide portion and the second guide portion further has a side portion; in each one of the first guide portion and the second guide portion, the side portion intersects with the pitch direction and is provided with a side surface facing toward the other of the first guide portion and the second guide portion in the pitch direction; in each of the first guide portion and the second guide portion, the projection portion is away from the side surface; the plurality of the contacts include a plurality of upper contacts and a plurality of lower contacts; and the upper contacts are arranged mirror symmetrically to the lower contacts with respect to a horizontal plane perpendicular to the up-down direction, respectively.