Patent ID: 7422472
Filing Date: 2008-09-09
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector for electrically connecting a pair of connected objects, comprising: a housing having a receiving space into which one connected object of the pair of connected objects is inserted; a plurality of contacts held in said housing; an actuator mounted in said housing in a manner pivotally movable between an open position for allowing insertion of the connected object into the receiving space and a closed position for holding the connected object in the receiving space, and a metallic shell covering said housing, said shell including a contact portion capable of being brought into contact with a ground line of the one connected object, a terminal portion capable of being brought into contact with a connection terminal portion of the other connected object of the pair of connected objects, and a seesaw-type locking section for preventing the one connected object from being removed, said seesaw-type locking section having a nail portion at one end thereof, for engagement with the one connected object, and a power point portion at the other end thereof, on which a pivotal force of said actuator acts, wherein said actuator includes a cam portion that is operable when said actuator is in the closed position, to push upward the power point portion, to thereby move said nail portion such that said nail potion comes closer to the other connected object.