Patent ID: 7736154

Claim:
A board-mount connector comprising: a non-conductive housing with a board mounting face, the non-conductive housing having an outer frame portion and fitting holes disposed therein, each fitting hole completely extending through the non-conductive housing, opening to the board mounting face, and including at least one protrusion extending from a side thereof; and a plurality of conductive terminals inserted into the non-conductive housing opposite the board mounting face, each conductive terminal having a support portion, a contact portion for contacting terminals of a mating connector, a bridging portion provided between the support portion and the contact portion, and an anchor portion extending from the support portion and fitted into a respective fitting hole; wherein the anchor portion includes at least one recess and a solder portion extending, in the same direction as the anchor portion, out of the fitting hole a distance for contacting a circuit on a printed circuit board to which the board-mount connector is mounted.