Patent ID: 7090540

Claim:
A connector comprising: an insulator; and a plurality of contact members held by the insulator; wherein: the plurality of contact members includes a plurality of first contacts and a plurality of second contacts which are arranged in two rows such that a plurality of the first contacts and a plurality of the second contacts are arranged in each of the two rows; each of the first and the second contacts has a contacting portion to be connected to a mating contact and a terminal portion to be connected to a connection object; the terminal portions of the first contacts in both of the two rows are collectively arranged in a same predetermined row; the second contacts arranged in a first one of the two rows are inverted in position with respect to the second contacts arranged in a second one of the two rows; the terminal portions of the second contacts in the first one of the two rows are arranged on a first side of the predetermined row; and the terminal portions of the second contacts in the second one of the two rows are arranged on a second side of the predetermined row.