Patent ID: 9614313
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: G03B,H01R

Claim:
1. An electric connector that is disposed and used in a camera main body for electrically connecting a camera lens module with the camera main body, the electric connector comprising: a housing with an elongated contact accommodation chamber formed therein along a radial direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the camera lens module; and a contact that is accommodated in the contact accommodation chamber of the housing, wherein the housing comprises a module side partition wall that partitions off the contact accommodation chamber, a contact insertion hole being formed in the module side partition wall, the contact comprises a contact protrusion that is inserted into the contact insertion hole, protrudes toward the camera lens module, and functions as an electric contact for the camera lens module; a fixing part fixed to the housing; and a connection part that elastically connects the contact protrusion with the fixing part, the connection part comprises a connection main body extending in the radial direction so as to recede from the fixing part, and a folding part disposed on an opposite side to the fixing part across the connection main body and formed in a folded-back manner, the fixing part is disposed on an opposite side to the folding part across the contact protrusion in the radial direction, the fixing part is press-fitted with the housing and thereby fixed to the housing, the press-fitting direction of the fixing part to the housing is substantially the same as an insertion direction of the contact protrusion into the contact insertion hole, and the connection main body includes an inclined part that is inclined toward the camera lens module while extending toward the folding part.