Electrical connector for circuit boards and method of manufacture thereof

An electrical connector for circuit boards comprising:

• terminals having formed therein connecting portions configured to be connected to a circuit board at one end in the longitudinal direction of said terminals and contact portions configured to be placed in contact with a counterpart connector component at the other end, and
• a housing holding a plurality of said terminals in place in array form, said housing having disposed therein the contact portions of the above-mentioned terminals, wherein:
• the housing is formed such that it is divided into a receiving-side housing, which accommodates the contact portions of the terminals and receives a counterpart connector component such that said counterpart connector component is placed in contact with the contact portions, and a board-side housing formed separately from the receiving-side housing, which holds the terminals in place in sections more proximal to the connecting portions than to the above-mentioned contact portions and which is mounted to a circuit board, and
• the receiving-side housing and the board-side housing are molded as a single unit from an injection molding to mold the receiving side housing and an integral molding on the board-side housing with the receiving-side housing.