Patent ID: 9608349
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A contact configured to be retained and arranged in an insertion hole extending in a substantially straight line and formed to an insulating object, the contact comprising: a main body portion having a bottom wall joined to a side wall; a first contact piece protruding from the bottom wall of the main body portion in a direction of mating with a counterpart object and being folded back in a direction opposite to the direction of mating; a second contact piece protruding from the side wall of the main body portion in the direction of mating; a connecting portion protruding from the bottom wall of the main body portion in the direction opposite to the direction of mating and that is connectable to an object to be connected; wherein a central line of a first contact portion of the first contact piece and a central line of a second contact portion of the second contact piece are positioned in an imaginary plane, and wherein the connecting portion is folded in a direction generally perpendicular to the bottom wall.