Patent ID: 7341470
Filing Date: 2008-03-11
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector including a plurality of contacts having at least one contact portion adapted to contact a connecting object, a housing arranging and holding said contacts and having a fitting opening into which said connecting object is inserted, and a member for bringing said connecting object into contact with the contact portions of said contacts, wherein said contacts are arranged orthogonally to the inserting direction of said fitting opening of the housing so that connection portions of said contacts extend onto either or both sides of said housing in its width direction, and after said connecting object has been inserted into said fitting opening, said member is inserted or pivotally moved to bring said connecting object into contact with the contact portions of said contacts, and wherein said pivoting member at least comprises an actuating portion for pivotally moving the pivoting member, urging portions causing said contacts to be elastically deformed, and anchoring holes independent from one another each into which part of said contact can be inserted, and said pivoting member is arranged correspondingly to arrangement of said contacts so that the contact portions of said contacts are brought into contact with said connecting object by pivotally moving said pivoting member on the same side as or opposite side from the connector mounted side of a substrate.