Patent ID: 7722365

Claim:
A connector comprising: a housing having an electrically insulating property and adapted to be mounted on a surface of a wiring board with a plurality of lands, the housing having first and second sides opposite each other in a width direction thereof; and a plurality of terminals arranged in the housing in a length direction of the housing, each terminal being exposed to the first side of the housing at one end to be electrically connected to the wiring board and exposed to the second side of the housing at an other end to be electrically connected to an external connector, each terminal comprising: a first parallel portion partially supported by the housing and substantially parallel to the surface of the wiring board; a second parallel portion exposed outside the housing and substantially parallel to the surface of the wiring board, the second parallel portion being located closer to the surface of the wiring board than the first parallel portion in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the wiring board; a joint portion substantially perpendicular to the surface of the wiring board, the joint portion having a first end joined to the first parallel portion and a second end exposed outside the housing and joined to a first end of the second parallel portion; and a contact portion having a first end joined to a second end of the second parallel portion and a second end soldered to a corresponding land of the wiring board, wherein the first parallel portions of the plurality of terminals are located at X different heights from the surface of the wiring board in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the wiring board, where X is an integer of two or more, wherein the joint portions of the plurality of terminals are located at Y different distances from the second side of the housing in the width direction of the housing, where Y is an integer of two or more, wherein a first one of the plurality of terminals has the first parallel portion located at a first height from the surface of the wiring board and the joint portion located at a first distance from the second side of the housing, wherein a second one of the plurality of terminals has the first parallel portion located at a second height, less than the first height, from the surface of the wiring board, and the joint portion located at a second distance, different than the first distance, from the second side of the housing, and wherein the joint portion of the first one of the plurality of terminals is supported by the housing at a position between the first parallel portion of the first one of the plurality of terminals and the first parallel portion of the second one of the plurality of terminals.