Patent ID: 7425158

Claim:
A connector comprising: a header having a header body formed of an insulation material, and a plurality of header posts held on side walls of the header body, the header body having two pairs of header reinforcing metal fittings, each pair of the header reinforcing metal fittings being embedded into end portions of the header body in a longitudinal direction so as to extend in a width-wise direction of the header, each header reinforcing metal fitting being not electrically connected to a land of a circuit board, and each pair of the header reinforcing metal fittings having a cross-section when viewed in the width-wise direction of the header, substantially the same as a cross-section of the header posts excluding terminal ends; and a socket having a socket body formed of an insulation material and a plug groove configured to engage the header, the socket having a plurality of socket contacts held on side walls of the plug groove, the socket contacts being configured to contact the header posts when the header engages the plug groove, the socket body having a pair of socket reinforcing metal fittings inserted into end portions of the socket body and extending in a width-wise direction of the socket, each of the socket reinforcing metal fittings having a pair of fixed portions configured to be soldered on lands of a circuit board and a coupling portion which connects the fixed portions, the coupling portion embedded in the end portion of the socket body and extending in the width-wise direction of the socket body, and each fixed portion protruding outwardly from the side wall of the plug groove in the width-wise direction of the socket.