Patent ID: 7140899

Claim:
A connector for connection to a connection object, said connector comprising: a connector body; a plurality of contacts arranged in a first direction in said connector body, each of said contacts comprising a contact portion to be connected to said connection object, and a retaining portion that is retained by said connector body; and a cover coupled to said connector body and adapted to push said connection object toward said contact portions in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction, wherein said retaining portions have respective inspection exposure portions at positions that face said cover in said second direction, and said inspection exposure portions are arranged in a plurality of rows that are spaced apart from each other in a third direction perpendicular to said first and second directions; wherein the inspection exposure portions in each of said rows are offset in said first direction with respect to the inspection exposure portions in each adjacent row; wherein said connector body comprises an insulator which retains said contacts, and which comprises a main surface to face said connection object and a plurality of inspection hole portions that have respective open ends at the main surface and extend in said insulator in said second direction, and the plurality of inspection hole portions correspond respectively to the plurality of inspection exposure portions; wherein each of said inspection hole portions comprises a truncated conical portion having a large-diameter end opened at said main surface; and wherein said cover includes a plurality of through holes corresponding respectively to said inspection exposure portions, and each of said through holes has a diameter greater than a diameter of a corresponding one of said inspection hole portions.