Patent ID: 7357651
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A female connector mounting structure comprising: a mounting base portion including a flat plate portion, said mounting base portion being fit into a hole of a substrate, and in which is formed a terminal insertion portion into which a male terminal can be inserted, said terminal insertion portion being substantially smaller than said hole that said mounting base portion fits into; an extending portion extending from and beneath the plate portion of the mounting base portion, and disposed at an outer side of the hole, and being electrically connected to an electrode of the substrate by reflow soldering such that said plate portion is raised above said extending portion; and a terminal contacting portion which extends from the mounting base portion in a direction toward a side of the substrate opposite a side where the extending portion is located in a mounted state, the terminal contacting portion nipping the male terminal; wherein a width of said terminal insertion portion is less than half of a width of said flat plate portion.