Patent ID: 8523605

Claim:
A loop connector comprising: a first connector, the first connector including a first housing made of an insulating material and a pair of first terminals fitted into the first housing, the first connector being surface-mounted on an end of a top surface of a board and having a fitting face thereof extended in a direction intersecting the top surface; and a second connector ( 101 ) having, the second connector including a second housing made of an insulating material and a second terminal therein and configured to make contact with the first terminals, electrically connecting the first terminals to each other, the second connector engaging the first connector and having a fitting face thereof extended in a direction intersecting an extending direction of the second terminal; wherein: the second housing includes a second terminal accommodation-concave portion, configured to accommodate therein the second terminal; and the second terminal includes a pair of terminal bodies and a connecting portion configured to connect the terminal bodies together, the second terminal having a U-shape defined by the terminal bodies and the connecting portion, the terminal bodies arranged perpendicular to the connecting portion when the second terminal is press-fit into the second terminal accommodation-concave portion.