Patent ID: 8177587
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector that can be fitted to a mating connector, comprising: a fixed-side housing; a fixed-side contact fixed to said fixed-side housing; a movable-side housing that is assembled to said fixed-side housing in a manner slidable in a direction which is orthogonal to a fitting/removing direction in which said movable-side housing is fitted to and removed from the mating connector; and a movable-side contact including a first contact portion which is brought into contact with said fixed-side contact and a second contact portion which is brought into contact with a mating contact of the mating connector, wherein said movable-side housing includes a contact-accommodating hole which extends in the fitting/removing direction, and accommodates said movable-side contact such that said movable-side contact can be pivoted about a pivotal axis extending in a direction orthogonal to the fitting/removing direction.