Patent ID: 9209543
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector to be attached and fixed to an object, the connector comprising: a mating end positioned at a front end of the connector in a front-rear direction, wherein the mating end is adapted to be mated with a mating connector which has a plurality of mating contacts; a holder member including a plate-like portion which has a first surface and a second surface; and a plurality of contacts corresponding to the mating contacts, respectively, the contacts being held by the holder member and arranged in a pitch direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction, wherein each of the plurality of contacts has a terminal portion and a connection portion, wherein the terminal portion is adapted to be connected and fixed to the object, and the connection portion is, at least in part, held by the plate-like portion and positioned forwards of the terminal portion in the front-rear direction, wherein the connection portion has a first contact portion, a second contact portion, a front connection portion and a rear connection portion, the first contact portion being, at least in part, exposed on the first surface, the second contact portion being, at least in part, exposed on the second surface, the front connection portion connecting a front of the first contact portion with a front of the second contact portion, and the rear connection portion connecting a rear of the first contact portion with a rear of the second contact portion and being connected to the terminal portion, wherein one of the first contact portion and the second contact portion electrically connects a corresponding one of the mating contacts to the terminal portion when the connector is mated with the mating connector, and wherein under a state where each of the plurality of contacts is held by the holder member, the first contact portion, the second contact portion, the front connection portion and the rear connection portion of the contact form a single, closed path.