Patent ID: 8052464

Claim:
A connector comprising a plug including a plurality of cables disposed on one side of the plug, and a socket mounted on a base substrate that is used to connect the plug; wherein the plug includes a plate-like member and a flexible substrate fixed to the surroundings of the plate-like member; the plate-like member includes a planar portion approximately parallel to a substrate face of the base substrate, and a bent portion provided on the other side of the plug and extending in a direction approximately perpendicular to the base substrate; and the socket includes a mating space which receives the bent portion from a direction approximately perpendicular to the base substrate when the plug and socket are connector-connected, wherein the flexible substrate includes a plurality of cable connection portions which are joined to the cables, and each of the cable connection portions uniquely conductively-connects one cable to a corresponding contact pad, wherein the planar portion of the plate-like member includes a first surface facing the base substrate; and wherein the cable connection portions are provided at the portion of the flexible substrate which is fixed to the first surface of the planar portion of the plate-like member such that the cable connection portions are entirely covered by the planar portion of the plate-like member when the plug and the socket are connector-connected; wherein a portion of the flexible substrate, which is fixed to the bent portion of the plate-like member, includes contact pads which constitute conduction elements when the plug and socket are connector-connected; and the socket includes contacts having an elastically-deformable leading end positioned in the mating space, thereby constituting corresponding conduction elements.