Patent ID: 7048595

Claim:
A circuit board connector, comprising: a housing formed with a receptacle for receiving a housing of a mating connector, the receptacle having a back wall with a front surface facing forwardly into the receptacle, at least on forwardly open main recess formed in the front surface of the back wall, a plurality of mount holes extending through portions of the back wall having the forwardly open main recess, each of said mount holes being formed with a stepped recess that is cross-sectionally larger than adjacent areas of the mount hole; and terminal fittings being mounted through the back wall so that connecting portions of the terminal fittings project into the receptacle, press-in portions being formed on the terminal fittings rearward of the back wall and configured for being pressed into through holes in a circuit board, each of said terminal fittings having a receiving portion bulging out sideways along a width direction and disposed in the receiving portion of a corresponding one of the through holes, a retaining portion disposed in the stepped recess of the corresponding one of the stepped recesses and a jig-receiving surface exposed at the back wall of the receptacle, the jig-receiving surfaces of the terminal fittings being in the forwardly open main recess in the back wall for receiving a pressing force of a pressing jig for urging the press-in portions into the through holes of the circuit board.