Patent ID: 9252517
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A connector mateable with a mating connector along a mating direction, wherein: the mating connector comprises a mating contact; the mating contact has a mating contact portion; the connector comprises a contact; the contact is brought into contact with the mating contact at two points under a mated state where the connector is mated with the mating connector; the contact has a protruding portion, a first spring portion, a slide portion and a second spring portion; the protruding portion protrudes from the first spring portion and has a first contact portion; the first contact portion is movable by resilient deformation of the first spring portion to have a movement in a predetermined direction which is perpendicular to the mating direction; the first contact portion is brought into contact with the mating contact under the mated state; the slide portion extends flat and has a second contact portion; the second contact portion is movable by resilient deformation of the second spring portion to have a movement in the predetermined direction; the slide portion allows the mating contact portion to slide thereon to the second contact portion when the connector is transited from a mating start state to the mated state; the mating start state is a state where the connector starts to be mated with the mating connector; the second contact portion is brought into contact with the mating contact portion under the mated state; and one of the first contact portion and the second contact portion is moved in the predetermined direction because of both the resilient deformation of the first spring portion and the resilient deformation of the second spring portion when the connector is transited from the mating start state to the mated state.