Patent ID: 9748677
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A wire-to-board connector comprising: a plug connector including a plug contact to which a wire is attached, and a plug housing that holds the plug contact; and a receptacle connector that is mounted on a connector mounting surface of a board and includes a receptacle contact corresponding to the plug contact, a receptacle housing that holds the receptacle contact, and an assistant fitting that is attached to the receptacle housing, wherein a mating direction in which the plug connector is mated with the receptacle connector is at least a direction orthogonal to the connector mounting surface of the board, the plug connector is mated with the receptacle connector to thereby bring the plug contact into contact with the receptacle contact, and the assistant fitting includes: wherein assuming that a direction in which the plug connector is viewed from the wire is a wire connector direction, the receptacle housing further includes a fitting holding groove inner partition wall portion that is surrounded by the assistant fitting and formed with a thickness that gradually increases in the wire connector direction.