Patent ID: 7758355

Claim:
A connector into which a connecting object is detachably inserted and removed, said connector including a required number of contacts each having a contact portion adapted to contact said connecting object, a fixed portion to be fixed to a housing, and a connection portion to be connected to a substrate, and the housing having inserting holes for arranging and holding said contacts inserted therein, a fitting opening into which said connecting object is inserted, and a wall for preventing the contact portions of said contacts from being collapsed, wherein at least some of said contacts are each provided with projection pieces on both sides at a near front end thereof for hooking in walls of the respective insertion hole an engaging portion in the proximity of said fixed portion, and anchoring portions are provided in said inserting holes at locations corresponding to said engaging portions, wherein the engaging portions are each formed as a first step, and the anchoring portions are each formed as an extending wall with a second step so that the first step of each said contact provided with an engaging portion fittedly engages the respective second step of the extending walls to prevent the contact portions of said contacts from being deformed into said fitting opening.