Patent ID: 9548550
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A connector comprising: a main body; a plurality of contacts to be electrically connected to a connection object; and a contact holder holding the plurality of contacts in juxtaposition, wherein the main body includes a fixing portion for fixing the contact holder; wherein the plurality of contacts are fixedly held to the contact holder through integral molding therewith; wherein the contact holder includes an exposing portion formed as a through hole which extends through the contact holder in a vertical direction to expose at least a portion of the contact in the vertical direction, wherein the fixing portion includes an aperture in which the contact holder is engaged, the aperture having a rectangular cross-sectional shape; wherein the contact holder includes a plurality of projection portions protruding vertically from upper and lower faces of the contact holder and laterally from side faces of the contact holder; and wherein the contact holder is fixed to the main body with only the plurality of projection portions being in contact with an inner circumferential face of the aperture.