Patent ID: 8870588

Claim:
A connector mounted on a substrate, for being fitted to a mating connector, the connector comprising: a housing; and a contact which is inserted into and held by the housing, wherein the housing includes a housing main body which is inserted in an inserted portion formed in the substrate, and a top board portion formed on the housing main body; wherein the contact includes a plate-shaped holding portion which is inserted into the housing from a predetermined direction parallel to an upper surface of the top board portion, and is held by the housing, a contact portion which is continuous with the holding portion and extends in a connector fitting direction, and a connection portion which is continuous with the holding portion and is connected to the substrate, wherein the housing main body has a connector receiving portion formed therein which accommodates the contact portion and receives the mating connector, wherein the top board portion has a contact accommodating portion formed therein which communicates with the connector receiving portion and accommodates the holding portion, wherein a thickness direction of the holding portion is parallel to a thickness direction of the top board portion, the thickness direction being a smallest dimension of each of the holding and top board portions; and wherein the housing main body has a slot formed therein via which the contact is inserted into the connector receiving portion and the contact accommodating portion, from the predetermined direction.