Patent ID: 7448913

Claim:
A connector comprising: a first connector section mounted on a circuit board for electrically connecting to the circuit board a first one of two card-type electronic devices opposed to each other with a predetermined gap therebetween; and a second connector section mounted on the circuit board for electrically connecting to the circuit board the other one of the two card-type electronic devices, wherein said first connector section includes: first contacts for electrically connecting a first terminal section disposed at a front end of the first card-type electronic device to the circuit board, and a first housing having a first receiving hole for holding said first contacts and receiving the first terminal section, wherein said second connector section includes: second contacts for electrically connecting a second terminal section disposed at a front end of the other card-type electronic device to the circuit board, and a second housing having a second receiving hole for holding said second contacts and receiving the second terminal section, wherein the first housing supports a rear end of the other card-type electronic device when the second terminal section of the other card-type electronic device is received by the second receiving hole; and wherein the second housing supports a rear end of the first card-type electronic device when the first terminal section of the first card-type electronic device is received by the first receiving hole.