Patent ID: 7121880

Claim:
A surface-mounted connector comprising: a connector main body formed into a substantially rectangular box and to be placed on a substrate; a fixing terminal having an engaging portion and a soldering portion, said terminal being temporarily fixed to a side wall of the connector main body by press-fitting said engaging portion, along the side wall, from a side opposite to that in which a bottom wall of the connector main body is placed on the substrate, and that, in the temporarily fixed state, the soldering portion is soldered to the substrate, thereby allowing the connector main body to be mounted on the substrate; shielding walls provided integrally with the connector main body alongside the fixing terminal in the temporarily fixed state so as to correspond to the fixing terminal, and preventing the fixing terminal in the temporarily fixed state from being interfered from outside, and mechanical interference portions included in said engaging portions of said fixing terminal and said side wall of said connector main body that prevent said soldering portion from extending beyond said bottom wall of said connector main body during press-fitting and that limit upward movement of said connector main body away from said substrate after said soldering portion is soldered.