Patent ID: 9660370
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A connector which allows a sheet-like or plate-like object to be inserted toward a rear end of the connector from a front end of the connector in a front-rear direction, the object having an engaged portion, wherein: the connector comprises a contact, a maintaining member, a housing, a regulating portion, and an actuator; each of the contact and the maintaining member has a supporting portion which is elastically deformable and a projecting portion which is supported by the supporting portion; the supporting portion and the projecting portion of the contact have shapes same as shapes of the supporting portion and the projecting portion of the maintaining member, respectively; the housing holds the contact and the maintaining member; the housing is provided with a receiving portion, which receives the object when the object is inserted into the connector, and a permitting portion corresponding to the contact; the permitting portion permits elastic deformation and movement of the supporting portion of the contact to allow the projecting portion of the contact to be moved in an up-down direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction; the regulating portion is provided in the housing to receive the projecting portion of the maintaining member, and thereby regulates elastic deformation and movement of the supporting portion of the maintaining member so as to maintain a state in which the projecting portion of the maintaining member projects into the receiving portion in the up-down direction; the actuator is movable between an open position and a close position; when the actuator is moved from the open position to the close position in a received state in which the object is received by the receiving portion in part, the projecting portion of the contact is pressed against the object; and when the actuator is positioned at the close position in the received state, the projecting portion of the maintaining member is positioned in front of the engaged portion of the object.