Patent ID: 7252552

Claim:
A connector to be mounted to a connection object, the connector comprising: a conductive first contact; a conductive second contact; an insulating housing holding the first and the second contacts; a circuit board with an electronic element mounted thereon, the circuit board having opposite surfaces; and a conductive shell covering the insulating housing; the insulating housing having a receiving portion for receiving and holding the circuit board; the first contact comprising: a first contacting portion to be contacted with a mating connector; and a first elastic contacting portion brought into elastic contact with the circuit board; the second contact comprising: a second contacting portion to be connected to the connection object; and a second elastic contacting portion brought into elastic contact with one of the opposite surfaces; the circuit board comprising: a conductive first connecting portion disposed on the circuit board to be connected to the first elastic contacting portion; a conductive second connecting portion disposed on the circuit board to be connected to the second elastic contacting portion; and a pair of ground patterns disposed on the circuit board with the first and the second connecting portions interposed therebetween; the shell having ground connecting portions brought into contact with another of the opposite surfaces and connected to the ground patterns, and a press-fit terminal portion to be press-fitted into a groove portion of the insulating housing; the insulating housing having a pair of guide grooves faced to each other at positions corresponding to the receiving portion; the guide grooves extending in a fitting direction of the mating connector; the circuit board being pinched between the second elastic contacting portion and the ground connecting portions and supported with its opposite end portions inserted into the guide grooves.