Patent ID: 7390199
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector mounting structure comprising: a circuit board; and a male connector capable of being mated with an external female connector, the male connector being surface-mounted to the circuit board and including a connector housing and a plurality of first male terminals, wherein the connector housing includes a body member and a fixing member fixed to the body member, the body member having a first surface, the fixing member having a tube portion and a first protection portion, the tube portion receiving a connector housing of the female connector, each of the plurality of first male terminals is fixed in the body member and has first and second end portions and a first joint portion, the first end portion being exposed to the first surface of the body member and electrically connected to the circuit board, the second end portion being exposed to the first surface of the body member and placed above the first end portion in a thickness direction of the circuit board to be electrically connectable to a terminal of the female connector, the first joint portion connecting the first and second end portions and being fixed in the body member, and the first protection portion is placed between the first and second end portions in the thickness direction of the circuit board to cover a first facing area between each adjacent first end portion.