Patent ID: 7156685

Claim:
A connector comprised of a plug having a plug housing that holds a plurality of contacts in parallel, and a receptacle having an insertion concave portion into which the plug is inserted and holding a plurality of posts in the insertion concave portion parallel to a direction perpendicular to an inserting/removing direction of the plug, and the contacts coming into contact with the posts to be electrically connected when the plug is inserted into the insertion concave portion, characterized by that a pair of guiding portions, which uses faces arranged substantially parallel to the inserting/removing direction of the plug relative to the receptacle and arranged in a direction of arrangement of the posts as guiding faces, is provided on a member made of a metal of one of the plug and the receptacle, and a pair of guided portions, which comes into contact with the guiding faces of the pair of guiding portions, respectively, is provided on a member made of a metal of the other of the plug and the receptacle.