Patent ID: 6960096

Claim:
An intermediate electrical connector comprising: a circuit board having a plurality of contact portions arranged on opposed edges thereof to engage with two connectors that are attached thereto in opposed directions, respectively, and a pair of supported portions extended at opposite sides of the circuit board and perpendicular to an arrangement direction of said contact portions; and a guide member holding said circuit board and guiding said connectors to a position for connection with said circuit board, said guide member having a support member being brought into contact with a face of said circuit board and supporting said circuit board at a predetermined position and a pair of columns at ends thereof, each of said pair of columns having a holding portion provided at a respective side of the guide member corresponding to that of said supported portion, wherein at least one of said supported portions has an asymmetric shape with respect to both said opposed direction and said arrangement of direction of said contact portions and at least one of said holding portions has a corresponding shape for receiving said asymmetric shape of said at least one of said supported portions therein.