Patent ID: 9640891
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A connector comprising: a housing; a plurality of contact pairs arranged on and fixed to the housing, each of the contact pairs being consisted of two contacts that are insulated from each other; and a plurality of elasticity-reinforcing members corresponding to the plurality of contact pairs, each of the elasticity-reinforcing members being not fixed to the housing but held by a corresponding contact pair among the plurality of contact pairs, wherein the two contacts constituting each of the plurality of contact pairs respectively include contacting portions that come into contact with corresponding contacts of a counter-connector, are made of elastic contact pieces extending in a fitting direction with the counter-connector and are disposed such that the contacting portions face each other, and wherein each of the elasticity-reinforcing members sandwiches the two contacts constituting the corresponding contact pair at outer sides of the facing contacting portions of the two contacts and comes into contact with the two contacts while maintaining insulation property.