Patent ID: 8257095
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connector having a plug connector and a receptacle connector which are connected to and disconnected from each other by linearly moving said plug connector and said receptacle connector toward and away from each other along an approaching/retreating direction, respectively, wherein one of said plug connector and said receptacle connector comprises: a first fixed insulator; first contacts which are cantilevered by said first fixed insulator in a state of being aligned in a first direction orthogonal to said approaching/retreating direction and each of which includes a first resiliently deformable portion deformable in a second direction orthogonal to both said approaching/retreating direction and said first direction; a first movable insulator supported by free ends of said first contacts; and partition walls formed on at least one of said first fixed insulator and said first movable insulator to be positioned between adjacent said first resiliently deformable portions of said first contacts, and wherein the other of said plug connector and said receptacle connector comprises: a second fixed insulator; second contacts which are cantilevered by said second fixed insulator in a state of being aligned in said first direction, each of which includes a second resiliently deformable portion that is deformable in said first direction and is contactable with associated one of said first contacts; and a second movable insulator which is supported by free ends of said second contacts and engaged with said first movable insulator when said first contacts and said second contacts come in contact with each other.