Patent ID: 7708601

Claim:
A connector comprising: a housing that is capable of being fitted to a mating housing of a mating connector; and a plurality of L-shaped contacts that are held by the housing, the plurality of L-shaped contacts including first contacts and second contacts, wherein each of the first contacts and the second contacts has a contact portion which is capable of being brought into contact with a mating contact of the mating connector, a connection portion which is connected to an object to be connected, and a fixing portion which is fixed to the housing, wherein the contact portions of the first contacts are arranged in at least one row in a contact arranging direction which is orthogonal to a connector fitting direction, wherein the contact portions of the second contacts are arranged in at least one row in the contact arranging direction, wherein the row formed by the contact portions of the first contacts and the row formed by the contact portions of the second contacts are parallel to each other, wherein the row formed by the contact portions of the first contacts is disposed upward in a direction of height of the housing which is orthogonal to both the connector fitting direction and the contact arranging direction, with respect to the row formed by the contact portions of the second contacts, wherein the connection portions of the first contacts are arranged in at least one row in the contact arranging direction, wherein the connection portions of the second contacts are arranged in at least one row in the contact arranging direction, wherein the row formed by the connection portions of the first contacts and the row formed by the connection portions of the second contacts are parallel to each other, wherein the row formed by the connection portions of the first contacts is disposed rearward in the connector fitting direction with respect to the row formed by the connection portions of the second contacts, wherein the fixing portions of the second contacts are disposed between the contact portions of the first contacts and the connection portions of the first contacts in the connector fitting direction, and are press-fitted in the housing along the direction of height of the housing, and wherein each of the connection portions of the first contacts has a planar shape of a surface-mounting type, and each of the connection portions of the second contacts has a pin shape of a through hole insertion type.