Patent ID: 8317533

Claim:
An electric connector electrically connecting a signal transmission medium to a circuit wiring board, the electric connector comprising: a connector main body to be mounted on a surface of the circuit wiring board via a board connection leg part soldered to the circuit wiring board; an insertion opening provided at one end of the connector main body so as to allow the signal transmission medium to be inserted in the connector main body; and a lock member holding an insertion state of the signal transmission medium by being engaged in a part of the signal transmission medium inserted from the insertion opening in the connector main body, wherein the lock member is provided to a part of an elastically-displaceable lock arm member extending like a cantilever from a rocking fulcrum disposed at the one end of the connector main body, and the electric connector is configured so that the lock member is engaged in the signal transmission medium with an elastic force of the lock arm member.