Patent ID: 7458848

Claim:
A connector to be connected to a device, comprising: a housing, at least one mount groove formed in the housing and extending along an insertion direction, at least one restricting surface formed in the mount groove and aligned at an angle to the insertion direction; at least one fixing member made of a metallic plate material and having a main body mountable in the mount groove in the housing, the fixing member further having a solder portion bent from a bottom end of the main body in an outward direction relative to the housing and disposed to be fixed to the device, at least one engaging portion formed on the fixing member and having a bottom end disposed for contacting the restricting surface of the mount groove for restricting displacement of the engaging portion in the insertion direction, the engaging portion being bent in the outward direction to increase an area of the bottom end of the engaging portion without exceeding a combined dimension of the main body and the solder portion in the outward direction.