Patent ID: 7819705
Filing Date: 2010-10-26
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A contact member, comprising: a body part formed by providing a belt-shaped part in a substantially ring shape; an internal circumferential side contact part provided at one end of the body part and situated at an internal circumferential side of the contact member; and an external circumferential side contact part provided at another end of the body part and situated at an external circumferential side of the contact member; wherein, in a case where the body part is compressed in an axial direction, the body part is elastically deformed so that the internal circumferential side contact part and the external circumferential side contact part come in contact with each other, the belt-shaped part includes a U-shaped turning point between the internal circumferential side contact part and the external circumferential side contact part; and one of the internal circumferential side contact part and the external circumferential side contact part includes a first projecting part, the first projecting part being configured to come in contact with the other of the internal circumferential side contact part and the external circumferential side contact part.