Patent ID: 9246260
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. An electrical connector comprising: a base including a base housing which is configured to be mounted on a substrate and is made of an insulating material, and a base contact attached to the base housing; and a socket including a socket housing made of an insulating material, and a socket contact attached to the socket housing, wherein: the socket housing includes two socket side walls parallel to each other, each of which walls extends in one direction, and the socket housing is configured to hold an electric wire so that the electric wire connected to the socket contact comes out of a rear end of the socket housing in the one direction; the base housing includes two base side walls parallel to each other, each of which walls is orthogonal to the substrate and extends in the one direction, and a socket accommodation chamber formed between the two base side walls and opening rearward and upward, which is a direction away from the substrate, to accommodate the socket; each of the two socket side walls of the socket housing is provided with a first protrusion, and a distance between the two base side walls is equal to or larger than a distance between respective leading ends of the first protrusions; each of the two base side walls is provided with, on its inner surface, a first engagement projection, and a distance between respective leading ends of the first engagement projections is smaller than the distance between the respective leading ends of the first protrusions and is equal to or larger than a distance between the two socket side walls; and the electrical connector is configured so that after the socket is inserted into the socket accommodation chamber from above with the first protrusions positioned forward of the first engagement projections, to be partially accommodated in the socket accommodation chamber while being inclined with respect to the substrate, the socket is moved rearward until each first protrusion is positioned below the corresponding first engagement projection, and then the socket is displaced in a direction in which a front end of the socket is moved downward, thereby causing the socket to be completely accommodated in the socket accommodation chamber and establishing electrical connection between the socket contact and the base contact.