Patent ID: 8075477

Claim:
An electric connector for an endoscope provided on a connection cable extending from an operation portion of the endoscope, the electric connector electrically connecting a cable wire extending from the operation portion of the endoscope with an external instrument for use in combination with the endoscope, the electric connector comprising: a circuit board comprising: a connection member that is electrically connected to the external instrument; a connector to which a cable wire connector connected to an end portion of the cable wire is releasably connected a first circuit board portion having a hole portion formed therein; a second circuit board portion; and a flexible circuit board portion that is bent so that the first circuit board portion and the second circuit board portion at least partly overlap each other as viewed from a direction substantially orthogonal to a surface of the first circuit board portion; and the connection member comprises: a first conductor connected to the second circuit board portion and configured to be inserted through the hole portion formed in the first circuit board portion in the arrangement where the first circuit board portion and the second circuit board portion at least partly overlap each other as viewed from a direction substantially orthogonal to a surface of the first circuit board portion; and a second conductor connected to the first circuit board portion, wherein the longitudinal axis of the second conductor and the longitudinal axis of the first conductor are substantially parallel.