Patent ID: 7438601

Claim:
A connector, comprising: an insulating housing having first and second contact accommodating compartments formed in a single row along a direction of length of the housing, the first and second contact accommodating compartments being alternately disposed along the direction of length of the housing, each of the first and second contact accommodating compartments having upper and lower walls extending in an axial direction of the respective first or second contact accommodating compartment, the upper wall or the lower wall being provided with a projection receiving opening; first contacts arranged in the first contact accommodating compartments and second contacts arranged in the second contact accommodating compartments, each of the first and second contacts having a substantially rectangular base member with an upper surface provided with an upper press-fitting member that engages the upper wall and a lower surface provided with a lower press-fitting member that engages the lower wall, the base member having a contact arm extending from a front end thereof and a board connecting member extending from a rear end thereof; and a first projection extending from a front end of the base member of the first contact adjacent to the lower press-fitting member and a second projection extending from a front end of the base member of the second contact adjacent to the upper press-fitting member, the first and second projections extending in the axial direction of the respective first or second contact accommodating compartment and contacting inner wall surfaces of the projection receiving opening.