Patent ID: 9033714
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector having a mating portion positioned at a front part of the connector and configured to be mounted and fixed on a board in a state where the mating portion protrudes from an edge of the board, the connector comprising: a plurality of contacts each having a contact-fixing portion to be fixed on the board; a holding member having a holding portion and two protrusive portions protruding backward from the holding portion, the holding portion holding the plurality of contacts, and each of the protrusive portions including a receiving portion and a mount surface mounted on the board; and a shell covering, at least in part, the holding member and formed by bending a blank member obtained by processing a metal sheet, the shell being provided with a shell-fixing portion to be fixed to the board, the shell-fixing portion corresponding to the protrusive portion and being provided with a stopper portion, the stopper portion being a part of an edge of the blank member and facing the receiving portion in a front-back direction, and a distance between the shell-fixing portion and the mating portion being larger than a distance between the contact-fixing portion and the mating portion; wherein the holding portion holds and arranges the plurality of contacts in a row and in a pitch direction perpendicular to the front-back direction, the protrusive portions of the holding member are positioned at both ends of the holding portion in the pitch direction and protrude backward of the connector, and the receiving portion of each of the protrusive portions is formed at an inner part of the protrusive portion in the pitch direction; and wherein the shell-fixing portion is formed by bending a part of the blank member to be positioned inwards of a corresponding one of the protrusive portions in the pitch direction.