Patent ID: 7806702

Claim:
A connector connectable with a mating connector in a state fixed to a fixing surface of an electric device, comprising: a housing with opposite front and rear ends, the housing including a terminal holding portion for holding one or more terminals and a receptacle projecting from the terminal holding portion to the front end of the housing; at least one mount groove formed in a side wall of the housing; at least one first fixing part to be held at least partly in the mount groove within a thickness range of the side wall and to be fixed to the fixing surface of the electric device; at least one mounting portion formed in the side wall and being open at the front end of the housing; and at least one second fixing part formed separately from the mating connector, the second fixing part having a connecting portion with opposite ends and first and second opposed facing portions extending from the respective ends of the connecting portion, the first and second opposed facing portions respectively having first and second free ends opposite the connecting portion and first and second facing surfaces extending respectively from the first and second free ends to the connecting portion, the first facing portion being mounted in a thickness range of the side wall so that the first free end is in the mounting portion and the facing surface is engageable with an electric device side surface of the mounting portion and the second end facing portion is engageable with the surface of the electric device opposite the fixing surface.