Patent ID: 7887334

Claim:
A board connecting connector configured to mount a mounting board on a motherboard, the board connecting connector comprising: a connector main body having one end fixed to the motherboard and another end including an inserting opening where the mounting board is inserted; a plurality of connector pins provided inside the inserting opening, the connector pins coming in contact with a plurality of terminals provided at an inserting side of the mounting board; and a board holding member elastically deformably standing at a side surface of the connector main body, wherein the board holding member is inserted in a position where the terminals of the mounting board come in contact with the connector pins and is engaged with an edge part of the mounting board, so that the mounting board is held in an inserting completion position; wherein the board holding member is made of a metal spring member; an engaging portion is provided at an end of the board holding member, the engaging portion being engaged with a concave part formed at a peripheral edge part of the mounting board; and a fixing part is provided at another end of the board holding member, the fixing part being fixed to the connector main body; wherein the fixing part includes a press fitting part, the press fitting part being press fit in a furnishing hole, the furnishing hole opening to a side of the one end of the connector main body fixed to the motherboard; wherein the press fitting part includes a lock part and a convex part, the lock part locking with an internal wall of the furnishing hole, the convex part coming in contact with the internal wall of the furnishing hole.