Patent ID: 7591661
Filing Date: 2009-09-22
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector to be mounted on a side of a substrate, including a plurality of contacts each having two contact portions adapted to contact a connecting object, a housing arranging and holding said contacts and having at a front section a fitting opening into which said connecting object is inserted, and a pivoting member causing said contacts to be elastically deformed so that said contacts are pushed against said connecting object, wherein said contacts each comprise a first piece having at one end the contact portion adapted to contact said connecting object and at the other end a pressure receiving portion adapted to be pushed by said pivoting member; a second piece having at one end a further contact portion adapted to contact said connecting object and at the other end a connection portion to be connected to a substrate; and a jointing portion for connecting said first and second pieces; and the contact portion of said first piece, said jointing portion, and said connection portion being arranged substantially in the form of a crank, and said contacts further comprise holding means for permitting pivotal movement of pushing portions of said pivoting member between said pressure receiving portions and said connection portions, wherein said housing comprises a ceiling portion for covering the contact portions of said contacts; wherein said pivoting member comprises an actuating portion for pivotally moving the pivoting member; the pushing portions continuously arranged in the longitudinal direction of said pivoting member; and anchoring holes independent from one another for receiving therein said pressure receiving portions, respectively; said pivoting member being mounted on said housing so that said pushing portions are pivotally moved between said connection portions and said pressure receiving portions of said contacts, during which pivotal movement, the axis of rotation of said pushing portions is moved with their pivotal movement to achieve their compact rotation, and said actuating portion of the pivoting member is pivotally moved toward the fitting opening of said housing to bring the contact portions of said contacts into contact with said connecting object, and wherein said substrate is provided with a notch and said connector is connected to said substrate in a manner that said connector is fitted in said notch, and fixtures for fixing said housing to said substrate are arranged at both longitudinal ends of said housing, and both or either of said fixtures is provided with an extending piece integral with or separate from said fixture and extending substantially perpendicularly to said substrate on the side of the connection portions of said contacts so that a rotated angle of said pivoting member is limited by said extending piece when pivoting member is opened.