Patent ID: 9634413
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A connector comprising a socket contact to be electrically connected to a counter-connector contact having a plate shape that is inserted in the socket contact along a fitting plane, wherein the socket contact includes: a main body portion that forms a reception part to accommodate the counter-connector contact and has inner walls; a plurality of conduction spring pieces which are connected to the main body portion and tip ends of which are disposed inside the reception part, a plurality of displacement regulators which are connected to the main body portion, tip ends of which being disposed inside the reception part, one or more pairs of conduction contact points that are provided at the tip ends of the conduction spring pieces and that are disposed respectively on both sides of the fitting plane so as to face each other across the fitting plane in an elastically displaceable manner and that come into contact with and are electrically connected to the counter-connector contact; and one or more pairs of displacement regulator contact points that are respectively provided near the tip ends of the plurality of displacement regulators and that are disposed respectively on both sides of the fitting plane so as to face each other across the fitting plane, wherein the one or more pairs of conduction contact points and the one or more pairs of displacement regulator contact points are disposed side by side in a direction along the fitting plane at a substantially same depth in a fitting direction, wherein each of the pairs of displacement regulator contact points has a gap therebetween larger than a gap between each of the pairs of conduction contact points, and wherein the tip ends of the displacement regulator each are located farther away from the fitting plane than the displacement regulator contact points and are in contact with the inner wall or are close to the inner wall with a small distance therebetween, such that, when the counter-connector contact shifts, the counter-connector contact comes into contact with the displacement regulator contact points and upon the displacement regulators being elastically deformed the tip ends of the displacement regulators abut the facing inner walls so as to prevent the counter-connector contact from further shifting.