Patent ID: 8585427

Claim:
A connector comprising: a card edge connector; a first cable which is drawn out from the card edge connector in a first direction; a first terminal which is disposed in the card edge connector and which is connected to the first cable; a receptacle into and from which the card edge connector is inserted and extracted; a second cable which is drawn out from the receptacle in a second direction that is opposite or substantially opposite the first direction; and a second terminal which is disposed in the receptacle and which is connected to the second cable, wherein when the card edge connector is inserted into the receptacle, the first terminal is electrically connected to the second terminal, insertion/extraction directions of the card edge connector are substantially perpendicular to at least one of the first direction and the second direction, the card edge connector includes a first end face which is substantially parallel to the insertion/extraction directions, the receptacle includes a first wall face which is substantially parallel to the insertion/extraction directions, and in a state where the card edge connector and the receptacle are coupled to each other, the first end face and the first wall face are in contact with each other so as to receive at least one of a pulling force of the first cable in the first direction and a pulling force of the second cable in the second direction, and wherein the pulling force of the first cable and the pulling force of the second cable are in opposing directions along substantially a same line.