Abstract: An electrical connector wherein no clearance is produced between the bent terminal portion and the insertion portion, which in turn prevents the bent terminal portion from moving along the length of the electric connector. As a result, a distance .alpha. between adjacent bent terminal portions can be kept constant, thereby allowing a wiring pattern of a wiring board on which the electric connector is placed to coincide with the bent terminal portions, increasing the soldering area, and hence improving the strength of soldering against the separation of soldered parts.

Abstract: A plurality of contacts come into contact with plurality of respective contacts of an opposite connector so as to make an electrical connection. The plurality of contacts of the relevant electrical connector have an arrangement so that a first contact, comprising at least one contact among the plurality of contacts of the electrical connector, comes into contact with a corresponding contact among the plurality of contacts of the opposite connector, prior to the remaining contacts of the plurality of contacts coming into contact with the remaining contacts among the plurality of contacts of the opposite connector.