Patent ID: 7427213

Claim:
A connector socket module to be mounted on a main board so as to connect a cable-side connector plug and the main board, the connector socket module comprising: a connector socket module main body; and a holder member configured to hold the connector socket module main body, wherein the connector socket module main body includes: a relay board; a plurality of I/O connector sockets of which a corresponding one is to be connected to the cable-side connector plug, the I/O connector sockets being arranged on a first face of the relay board; and a mounting connector to be connected to a connector on the main board, the mounting connector being mounted on a second face of the relay board, the second face facing away from the first face of the relay board; and the holder member covers a side of the connector socket module main body on a side of the second face of the relay board, is formed by bending a metal plate member of a predetermined shape, has a part to be fixed to the main board, and further comprises: a first side plate part and a second side plate part on first and second opposing sides, respectively; a hollow beam part extending between the first and second side plate parts; a rear plate part extending in a direction of the main board from the hollow beam part; a leg structure part formed by combining a first side-plate-side leg part extending from the first side plate and a first rear-plate-side leg part extending from the rear plate part and combining a second side-plate-side leg part extending from the second side plate and a second rear-plate-side leg part extending from the rear plate part, the first side-plate-side leg part and the second side-plate-side leg part extending toward each other, and the first rear-plate-side leg part and the second rear-plate-side leg part extending away from the connector socket module main body; and a foot structure part of a stack structure, the foot structure part being positioned at an end of the leg structure part on a side of the main board; and the relay board of the connector socket module main body is fixed to the hollow beam part of the holder member with a screw member.