Patent ID: 7654846

Claim:
A connector for electrically connecting one plate-shaped to-be-connected object and another plate-shaped to-be-connected object, comprising: a housing that has a receiving space for receiving one end of the one to-be-connected object, and is fixed to one or the other surface of one end of the other to-be-connected object; and a plurality of contacts that are arranged in upper and lower rows in said housing, wherein out of said plurality of contacts, a plurality of upper contacts that form the upper row are inserted into said housing from rearward of said housing, for being held by said housing, wherein out of said plurality of contacts, a plurality of lower contacts that form the lower row are inserted into said housing from forward of said housing, for being held by said housing, wherein said upper contacts each comprise an upper contact portion that is located on a front side of said housing, for being brought into contact with an upper surface of the one end of the one to-be-connected object inserted into the receiving space, an upper connecting portion that is located on a rear side of said housing, for being connected to the one end of the other to-be-connected object, and an upper connecting portion that connects between said upper contact portion and said upper connecting portion, wherein said lower contacts each comprise a lower contact portion that is located on the front side of said housing, for being brought into contact with a lower surface of the one end of the one to-be-connected object inserted into the receiving space, a lower connecting portion that is located on the rear side of said housing, for being connected to the one end of the other to-be-connected object, and a lower connecting portion that connects between said lower contact portion and said lower connecting portion, and wherein the receiving space is located on an imaginary extended plane of one or the other surface of the one end of the other to-be-connected object.