Electric connector and manufacturing method thereof

A method of manufacturing an electric connector in which a conductive contact buried so as to be exposed to a surface of an insulating housing is disposed so as to extend from a rear end portion where a terminal part of a cable-shaped signal transmission medium is coupled to a front end portion toward a fitting-in counterpart connector side,

• the method of forming a contact engaging part covering both side parts in a width direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the conductive contact, the method comprising the steps of
• forming a terminal edge part at the rear end portion of the conductive contact with a dimension in the width direction being narrowed and forming in advance a terminal width representing a width-direction dimension of the terminal edge part so that the terminal width is shorter than a minimum width between the contact engaging parts that are adjacent in a pair in the width direction,
• burying the conductive contact in the insulating housing, with the terminal edge part of the conductive contact with narrowed terminal width being disposed within a range where the contact engaging part extends;
• and then
• cutting the conductive contact at the terminal edge part.