Patent ID: 8888506

Claim:
A connector configured to be mounted on a circuit board, the connector comprising: a contact having a fixed portion, a contact portion, a spring portion, and a held portion, the fixed portion being configured to be fixed to the circuit board, the spring portion supporting the contact portion, the held portion being located between the fixed portion and the spring portion; and a housing having a sidewall portion and a bottom portion, the sidewall portion being located outward of the spring portion in a predetermined direction and holding the held portion, the bottom portion being located under the spring portion in a vertical direction perpendicular to the predetermined direction, the housing having a gap between a lower surface of the spring portion and the bottom portion, and the bottom portion and the sidewall portion hiding the contact except the fixed portion both when the connector is seen from below along the vertical direction and when the connector is seen from outside along the predetermined direction, wherein: an upper surface of the bottom portion and the lower surface of the spring portion have curved surfaces that correspond to each other; and the lower surface of the spring portion and the bottom portion are brought into contact with each other without any gap therebetween when the spring portion is resiliently maximally deformed downward.