Patent ID: 8591256

Claim:
A wire-to-board connector comprising: a first connector, the first connector including a first housing made of an insulating material and a first terminal connected to a termination end of an electrical wire fitted in the first housing, the first connector including a fitting face thereof extended in a direction intersecting an extending direction of the first terminal; and a second connector, the second connector including a second housing made of an insulating material and a second terminal therein and configured to make contact with the first terminal, the second connector being surface-mounted on a top surface of a board engaged with the first connector and including a fitting face thereof extended in a direction intersecting the top surface; wherein: the first housing includes a first terminal accommodation-concave portion, configured to be opened to a rear end face opposing the fitting face, and a locking projection portion, arranged in the first terminal accommodation-concave portion and formed with a groove portion, the groove portion extending from the first terminal accommodation-concave portion and continuing in the extending direction of the first terminal; and the first terminal includes a first contacting distal end portion, configured to contact the second terminal, and a locking piece, formed on the first contacting distal end portion and configured to be locked at a front end face of the locking projection portion where the first terminal is inserted into the first terminal accommodation-concave portion from the side of the rear end face.