Patent ID: 7611363

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a shield terminal provided at a terminal of a coaxial cable and having an electrically conductive cylindrical outer conductor terminal on an outer side of the shield terminal; an electrically conductive grounding plate having a terminal connecting plate portion that is brought into contact with the cylindrical outer conductor terminal and an external connecting plate portion that is exposed to an outside of the connector; and an insulating connector housing having a terminal inserting/accommodating portion that has a shape of a circular through hole and into which the shield terminal is inserted and is accommodated and a plate inserting/accommodating portion into which the terminal connecting plate portion is inserted so as to traverse the terminal inserting/accommodating portion and is accommodated, wherein an outer conductor terminal press-fitting slit which has a terminal introducing portion for introducing the cylindrical outer conductor terminal, a terminal crimping portion continuing from the terminal introducing portion and adapted to crimp the cylindrical outer conductor terminal so as to clamp the cylindrical outer conductor terminal, and a slit-width enlargement action portion continuing from the terminal crimping portion is formed in the terminal connecting plate portion.