Patent ID: 8714990

Claim:
A connector mounted on a substrate, for being fitted to a mating connector, the connector including a contact, and a housing which holds the contact, wherein the contact includes a holding portion which is held by the housing, a connection portion which is continuous with the holding portion and is connected to the mounting surface of the substrate, and a contact portion which is continuous with the holding portion and is brought into contact with the mating contact of the mating connector, wherein the housing includes a housing main body which is inserted in a inserted portion formed in the substrate, and a top plate portion which is continuous with the housing main body and opposes to the substrate, wherein the housing main body has a connector receiving portion formed therein which accommodates the contact portion and receives the mating housing of the mating connector, wherein the top plate portion has a holding portion-receiving portion formed therein which receives the holding portion from an inserting direction orthogonal to a direction along which the housing main body is continuous with the top plate portion, and wherein the connection portion protrudes from the top plate portion in a direction parallel to the inserting direction, and the front end of the contact portion is bent toward the housing.