Press-fit terminal for board connector and fixing structure of press-fit terminal to connector housing

A fixing structure of a press-fit terminal to a connector housing,

• the connector housing including a press-fit hole passing through a wall part of the connector housing, and
• the press-fit terminal including:
• an electric connecting part which is provided in a front part of the press-fit terminal to be electrically connected to a mating connector terminal;
• a rear leg part which is provided in a rear part of the press-fit terminal to be inserted and fixed to a through hole of a circuit board;
• and
• an engaging part which is provided in an intermediate part between the electric connecting part and the rear leg part, and press-fitted to the press-fit hole of the connector housing and engaged with the wall part of the connector housing, wherein
• the rear leg part is inserted into the press-fit hole of the connector housing from a front side to a rear side of the press-fit hole to fix the press-fit terminal to the connecting housing,
• a range from the electric connecting part to the engaging part of the press-fit terminal is formed in a shape of a square pin having a square form in cross-section, and
• the rear leg part is formed in a shape of a round pin having a circular form in cross-section.