Patent ID: 6988916

Claim:
A connector for electrically connecting a card and a lead wire, comprising: a housing for to and from which the card can be inserted and pulled out along a surface of said housing; and a contact built in said housing, said contact having a pair of exposed ends and an embedded portion positioned between said exposed ends and embedded in said housing, one of the exposed ends capable of connecting to a lead wire, the other of the exposed ends capable of connecting to the card when the card is inserted, wherein said housing comprises: a substantially flat and rectangular housing base portion holding said contact by embedding said embedded portion, a first communication hole formed on one surface of said housing base portion to communicate with said embedded portion of the contact, said first communication hole having a diameter which allows a probe for a connector conduction test to be inserted into said first communication hole; and a second communication hole formed on the other surface of said housing base portion to communicate with said embedded portion of the contact, said second communication hole being formed opposite to said first communication hole.