Patent ID: 7294018

Claim:
A board connector, comprising: a connector main body that includes a connector housing and terminals, the connector housing being fitted into a housing of a counterpart connector, the terminals being held in the connector housing and electrically connected to terminals of the counterpart connector; and a metal fitting that is press-fitted into the connector housing of the connector main body, and is soldered on a printed circuit board that is a mounting subject so as to fix the connector main body to the printed circuit board; wherein the metal fitting is provided with a bottom plate that extends over an entire width of the connector housing in a left-to-right direction; the bottom plate is provided with a pair of first left and right vertical wall-like press-fitting portions that correspond to left and right sides of the connector housing, a pair of second left and right transverse wall-like press-fitting portions that correspond to bottom surfaces of left and right ends of the connector housing, first soldering portions that are located at outer sides of the first and second left and right press-fitting portions in a left-to-right direction, and second soldering portions that are located at inner sides of the first and second left and right press-fitting portions in a left-to-right direction, and first press-fitted portions are provided in the left and right sides of the connector housing so as to press-fit the first press-fitting portions of the metal fitting, and second press-fitted portions are provided in the bottom surfaces of the left and right ends of the connector housing so as to press-fit the second press-fitting portions of the metal fitting.