Patent ID: 9698509
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A connector comprising: a housing having an insertion portion in which an object to be connected is insertable; a plurality of contacts that are held by said housing, and each include a movable arm portion which extends from an inner end of the insertion portion toward an insertion slot of the insertion portion and is elastically deformable; and an operation member that is rotatably supported by said housing, and includes an operation portion which operates said movable arm portion, and an abutment portion which is linked to said operation portion and is pushed and rotated by the object to be connected which is inserted into the insertion portion to thereby transmit a rotational force to said operation portion, wherein when the object to be connected is inserted into the insertion portion, said abutment portion is pushed by the object to be connected to thereby rotate in a direction away from the insertion portion, and said operation portion is rotated to thereby move said movable arm portion in a direction away from the insertion portion, and when the object to be connected is inserted to a predetermined position in the insertion portion, said movable arm portion is moved in a direction approaching to the insertion portion, wherein said abutment portion includes a locking portion which is inserted in an object-to-be-connected-side receiving portion formed in the object to be connected when the object to be connected is inserted to the predetermined position in the insertion portion, to thereby prevent the object to be connected from moving in a direction opposite to a direction of inserting the object to be connected, wherein said housing includes a housing-side receiving portion which receives said locking portion when the object to be connected is inserted to the predetermined position in the insertion portion, to thereby prevent said abutment portion from moving in the opposite direction, wherein said plurality of contacts each include a contact portion which is provided on said movable arm portion, protrudes into the insertion portion, and is brought into contact with the object to be connected, wherein said plurality of contacts are formed by first contacts and second contacts which are different in type from said first contacts, wherein said first contacts and said second contacts are alternately arranged at predetermined intervals in a longitudinal direction of said housing, wherein said operation portion includes a body having a cylindrical shape, first recesses which are provided in said body and receive front ends of said first contacts, respectively, and second recesses which are provided in said body and receive front ends of said second contacts, respectively, wherein said first recesses and said second recesses are arranged alternately at predetermined intervals in a longitudinal direction of said body, and wherein the positions of each first recess and each second recess are displaced by 90 degrees in a circumferential direction of said body.