Patent ID: 7264484

Claim:
A connector comprising: a plug connector including a plug body made of an insulating member, and at least one plug contact held by said plug body; and a receptacle connector including a receptacle body made of an insulating member, said receptacle body having a plug-in slot for said plug connector to be plugged into and unplugged from, and at least one receptacle contact held by said receptacle body so as to make contact with said plug contact for electric connection when said plug connector is plugged into said plug-in slot, wherein said plug-in slot is formed between an island portion having a generally cuboid shape formed on the center of said receptacle body, and opposing wall portions of said receptacle body formed so as to oppose lateral surfaces of said island portion, and wherein four corners at the top of the island portion are formed as slopes which approach the wall portions and extend downward from the top of the island portion, and are connected to the lateral surfaces which extend vertically, wherein said plug body includes at least two pilot portions positioned at ends of the plug connector which protrude toward the receptacle connector along a plug/unplugging direction of said plug connector, each of said pilot portions having at least two pilot slopes which are formed so as to approach each other, and wherein said receptacle body includes at least two guide recesses for guiding said pilot portions of said plug body, respectively, when said plug connector is plugged into said receptacle connector, each of said guide recesses having at least two guide slopes which are formed so as to guide said pilot slopes, respectively, when the plug connector is plugged into the receptacle connector, each of the guide recesses having the at least guide slopes being faced with the slopes and the lateral surface of the island portion.