Board connector

A board connector to be mounted on a board, comprising:

• a connector housing, a mating connector being connected to the connector housing from a direction parallel to a board surface of the board;
• a flexible cable including an electrically conductive path extending in a connection direction, a front part in the connection direction of the electrically conductive path being inserted into the connector housing from behind in the connection direction, a rear part in the connection direction of the electrically conductive path being connected to the board;
• and
• a cable holder to be mounted on a rear side in the connection direction of the connector housing,
• the flexible cable being curved toward the board side by the cable holder if a side where the board is located with respect to the board connector with the board connector mounted on the board surface is defined as the board side,
• wherein:
• the cable holder is constituted by one member,
• the cable holder includes a path forming portion for forming a cable insertion path, the flexible cable being inserted into the cable insertion path, and
• the cable insertion path is entirely open on one side in a direction orthogonal to the connection direction and parallel to the board surface of the board.

A board connector to be mounted on a board, comprising:

• a connector housing, a mating connector being connected to the connector housing from a direction parallel to a board surface of the board;
• a flexible cable including an electrically conductive path extending in a connection direction, a front part in the connection direction of the electrically conductive path being inserted into the connector housing from behind in the connection direction, a rear part in the connection direction of the electrically conductive path being connected to the board;
• and
• a cable holder to be mounted on a rear side in the connection direction of the connector housing,
• the flexible cable being curved toward the board side by the cable holder if a side where the board is located with respect to the board connector with the board connector mounted on the board surface is defined as the board side,
• wherein the cable holder is composed of a plurality of path forming members disposed apart from each other in a vertical direction and a space between two adjacent ones of the path forming members is formed as the cable insertion path configured such that the flexible cable is inserted thereinto if a direction orthogonal to the board surface of the board with the board connector mounted on the board is defined as the vertical direction.