Electric Connector

Abstract

Provided is an electric connector, including: a housing placed on a circuit board and including a receiving concave portion formed by a substantially square-cylindrical-shaped inner wall surface and receiving a mating connector, and a center convex portion disposed between a pair of opposed walls forming the receiving concave portion; a plurality of terminals accommodated in a plurality of terminal grooves formed in each of the pair of the opposed walls, and contacting mating terminals of the mating connector; and a ground metal fitting connecting with a plate-shaped ground plate included in the mating connector, wherein the housing includes a space accommodating the ground metal fitting, which space is disposed in the central area between the pair of the opposed walls and extends in the arrangement direction of the terminals, the upper part of the space communicates with an opening formed in the center convex portion, extending in the arrangement direction of the terminals, and receiving the mating ground plate, the ground metal fitting includes a first connecting portion extending in the arrangement direction of the terminals, a second connecting portion extending in the arrangement direction of the terminals, and a connecting portion connecting the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion on the circuit board side such that the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion face to each other, and each of the lower ends of the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion is mounted on the circuit board.

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