Patent ID: 8888534

Claim:
A connecting component for mounting a subsidiary board having subsidiary board connection terminals formed on its top surface near its forward end, the connecting component comprising: a housing for accommodating the subsidiary board inserted in a direction along a top surface of the subsidiary board; housing connection terminals secured to the housing and provided for connection to the subsidiary board connection terminals; an abutment located beneath the housing connection terminals and with which a forward end of the subsidiary board inserted into the housing contacts; a first guide portion located beneath the housing connection terminals for regulating a position of a bottom surface of the subsidiary board when the subsidiary board is inserted into the housing; second guide portions located in front of the first guide portion as seen in a subsidiary board insertion direction for regulating a position of the top surface of the subsidiary board when the subsidiary board is inserted into the housing; and third guide portions located in front of the second guide portions as seen in the subsidiary board insertion direction on a straight line passing through the first guide portion and the second guide portions and disposed in a position away from the abutment by a distance longer than an overall length of the subsidiary board, the third guide portions regulating a position of the bottom surface of the subsidiary board when the subsidiary board is inserted into the housing, wherein the first guide portion, the second guide portions, and the third guide portions form an insertion path for inserting the subsidiary board into the housing without allowing the subsidiary board to contact with the housing connection terminals, and wherein by depressing a rear end of the subsidiary board toward a base portion of the housing after the subsidiary board is inserted into the housing along the insertion path until the forward end of the subsidiary board contacts with the abutment, the subsidiary board pivots to bring the subsidiary board connection terminals to contact with bottom surfaces of the housing connection terminals.