Patent ID: 9472897
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. An electrical connector comprising: a male-side housing provided with terminals; and a female-side housing provided with contact portions to contact the terminals, wherein the terminals and the contact portions electrically connect and contact to each other in a state in which the male-side housing and the female-side housing are rotated relative to each other and engaged with each other, wherein the terminals comprise a first terminal and second terminals, the first terminal being provided to protrude outwardly from the male-side housing toward the contact portion and being as a rotation axis of the relative rotation of the male-side housing and the female-side housing, wherein the contact portions comprise a first contact portion having a hole into which the first terminal is inserted in a rotatable manner and second contact portions in which the second terminals are fitted in and contact, and wherein the female-side housing is formed with a pair of fitting grooves that open at opposing side edge surfaces of the female-side housing, the fitting grooves being configured to guide the second terminals to rotate about the first terminal during the rotation relative to the male-side housing and to fit the second terminals in the second contact portions.