Patent ID: 9620899
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A connector comprising: a plurality of connector terminals having an elastically deformable contact portion which contacts an apparatus-terminal of a connection counterpart apparatus; a housing to which the plurality of connector terminals are assembled; a rotating member which is rotatable with respect to the housing by an external manipulation; and a movable member which moves the housing toward the connection counterpart apparatus via a motion direction converting mechanism which converts a rotation motion of the rotating member into a linear motion, and brings the contact portion of the connector terminal into press-contact with the apparatus-terminal, wherein the motion direction converting mechanism includes at least one projection in one of the housing and the movable member and at least one linear groove which meshes with the projection in the other one of the housing and the movable member, wherein the projection and the linear groove are inclined with respect to a moving direction of the housing.