Patent ID: 6692266
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector (1) comprising:an insulator (2) in a shape of a rectangular parallelepiped having a lower surface (2F) on a lower side in a first direction and two side surfaces (2E) in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the insulator (2) having two cut-off like shaped edges (2B) on the lower side in the first direction and on both sides in the second direction, and further having at least one groove (2C) on the lower surface (2F), the cutoff like shaped edges (2B) and the at least one groove (2C) straightly extending in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second direction; and three or more rows of contacts (3) fixedly mounted on the insulator, each of the contacts (3) having a contact portion (3D), a connection portion (3A), which continues from the contact portion (3D), a curved portion (3B), which continues from the connection portion (3A) and projects towards a side of the contact portion (3D), and a flat terminal end portion (3C), which continues from the curved portion (3B), wherein the flat terminal end portions (3C) of the contacts (3) are on the same level, and the curved portions (3B) and the flat terminal end portions (3C) of the contacts (3), which belong to two rows nearest the side surfaces (2E), are positioned within the cut-off like shaped edges (2B), while the other curved portions (3B) and the other flat terminal end portions (3C) are positioned within the at least one groove.