in the short direction from an upper end of the inner leg portion 41 a through the transition portion 45 which is formed by being bent the connecting portion 44 is soldered to a corresponding circuit portion of a circuit board as shown in fig2 the mating terminal 40 is held in the housing 30 by being molded integrally at the engaging portion 41 and the transition portion 45 thereof the engaging portion 41 is buried in the sidewall 33 so as to stride the sidewall 33 from a lower direction the sidewall 33 holds side edges and an inner surface of the engaging portion 41 an outer surface of the engaging portion 41 being exposed from the sidewall 33 forms a smooth surface with an outer surface of the sidewall 33 the engaging portion 41 has a slightly larger size in the short direction than a distance between the contact portion 22 b and the locking portion 21 a 1 of the terminal 20 of the connector 1 accordingly as described above the contact portion 22 b has the interference 6 with the mating terminal 40 the engaging portion 41 further includes a corresponding contact portion 41 a 1 provided at a position closer to a bottom wall 31 an upper side in fig2 on a plate surface of the inner leg portion 41 a which is situated closer to the receptacle recess portion 35 the corresponding contact portion 41 a 1 contacts with the contact portion 22 b of the terminal 20 of the connector 1 with the contact pressure as the connector 1 and the mating connector 2 are connected to each other in the embodiment the corresponding contact portion 41 a 1 has a.