Right-angle electrical connector

A right-angle electrical connector comprising:

• a mating portion configured to insert and extract a counterpart connector formed in a front portion of a housing holding blades that retain multiple electroconductive elongated members in place in array form by insulating plates, and has a mounting surface for mounting to a circuit board on a bottom face of the housing making an angle to a front face of said housing, and in which the electroconductive elongated members retained in place by the insulating plates have arm portions extending in a rectilinear configuration in a forward-backward direction along a direction of connector insertion and extraction, and
• leg portions coupled to the rear ends of said arm portions via bend portions and extending downwardly toward the bottom portion, the arm portions comprising contact portions configured to corresponding terminals in a counterpart connector formed in the front end portions thereof,
• wherein the leg portions have connecting portions solder-connected to corresponding circuits on a circuit board formed at the lower ends thereof, wherein the blades are formed such that the arm portions of the electroconductive elongated members are retained in place by the insulating plates, the housing has formed therein holding portions allowing for the blades to be inserted from the rear, said holding portions have formed therein guiding portions guiding the insertion of the blades from the rear by guiding grooves extending in the forward-backward direction, and movement of the blades in an up-down direction within the guiding grooves is restricted.