Patent ID: 9685725
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A connector comprising: a plurality of contacts; and a housing having a plurality of holding grooves which accommodate the contacts, respectively, wherein: each of the holding grooves has an inner wall extending in a first direction; each of the contacts has a fixed portion, a contact arm portion and a support arm portion; the fixed portion is fixed in a corresponding one of the holding grooves; the contact arm portion and the support arm portion extend from the fixed portion in the first direction, individually, and are disposed apart from each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; the contact arm portion and the support arm portion are opposed to each other in the second direction via a space; the contact arm portion has a contact point and is resiliently deformable to move the contact point in the second direction; and the support arm portion comes into contact with the inner wall of the corresponding one of the holding grooves at least when the contact arm portion is resiliently deformed so that the contact point comes close to the support arm portion.