Patent ID: 8876538

Claim:
A connector for attaching to a substrate comprising: a hosing; and a plurality of contacts held in the housing, the housing including: a mounting part to which a counterpart connector is mounted; and a holding part extended from the mounting part and holding the contacts, each of the contacts including: a leading end protruding from the housing; a connecting part connected with the counterpart connector on the opposite side of the leading end; a held part held by the holding part of the housing; and a flange part formed on the held part at the near side of the connecting part, the holding part of the housing having a contact insertion hole into which the held part of the contact is inserted, the contact insertion hole including: a first insertion hole formed in a size that holds a side surface of the held part of the contact on the opposite side of the mounting part of the housing; a second insertion hole communicating with the first insertion hole and formed in a size that holds one opposite side surfaces of the held part of the contact, and that leaves spaces between the other opposite side surfaces of the held part of the contact and the inner surface of the second insertion hole, the second insertion hole being formed to be longer than the first insertion hole; and a flange holding part that holds the flange part of the contact on the mounting part side of the second insertion hole, and the held part of the contact being longer than the leading end of the contact.