Patent ID: 8888505

Claim:
A board-to-board connector comprising: a first connector, the first connector including a first housing made of an insulating material and a first terminal fitted in the first housing, the first connector being mounted on a top surface of a first board and including a fitting face extending in a direction intersecting the top surface of the first board, the first housing further including a first bottom plate portion opposing the top surface of the first board and mounted on a surface of an end of the first board; and a second connector, the second connector including a second housing made of an insulating material and a second terminal fitted in the second housing and contacting the first terminal, the second connector being mounted on a top surface of a second board engaged with the first connector and including a fitting face extending in a direction intersecting the top surface of the second board, the second housing further including a second bottom plate portion opposing the top surface of the second board and mounted on a surface of an end of the second board; wherein the first housing and the second housing each include an insulating distance-procuring portion, each insulating distance-procuring portion protruding outward from a surface thereof and defining an insulating distance between the first terminal and the second terminal, each insulating distance-procuring portion including a projecting plate portion which extends from a front end of the first bottom plate portion and a front end of the second bottom plate portion, respectively.