Patent ID: 8657633

Claim:
A connector comprising a housing and a plurality of contacts, the housing including a mating portion having a plate shape, the mating portion projecting forward and having an upper surface and a bottom surface, the plurality of contacts being held by the housing, each of the contacts comprising a contact portion, an end portion, and a flat portion, the contact portion extending in a front-back direction and being exposed at the upper surface of the mating portion, the end portion being embedded in the mating portion, the flat portion forming a boundary between the contact portion and the end portion and not projecting from the upper surface, and the flat portion being viewable from above the upper surface of the mating portion; wherein: the connector further comprises a shell formed integrally with the housing by insert-molding; at least a part of the shell is (i) held by the mating portion, (ii) exposed at the bottom surface of the mating portion and, (iii) connected with a mating shell of a mating connector when the connector is connected with the mating connector; a hole is formed in the bottom surface of the mating portion, the hole reaching the contact portion; and the end portion of the contact is viewable neither from above the upper surface nor below the bottom surface.