Patent ID: 7048555

Claim:
A connector comprising: a housing that includes a fitting recessed portion for receiving a contact member, a wall end portion, a first outer wall surface facing in a first direction and a second outer wall surface facing in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction; and the contact member including, a U-shaped spring body having multiple projections to clamp a plate body from both sides, a fitting portion that is received in the fitting recessed portion and has a shape corresponding to that of the fitting recessed portion, a mounting portion fitted to the wall end portion, a fitting bottom surface portion in plane with the first outer wall surface, and a fitting side surface portion in plane with the second outer wall surface, wherein a first surface defined by the fitting bottom surface and the first outer wall surface constitutes a first mounting surface for mounting a printed wiring board, and a second surface defined by the fitting side surface portion and the second outer wall surface constitutes a second mounting surface for mounting the printed wiring board, whereby either one of the first and second mounting surfaces can be mounted on the printed wiring board by soldering.