Patent ID: 6554659
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector contact comprising:a main body portion having a plurality of sides; a pair of elastic pieces, each of said elastic pieces separately extending from two sides of said main body portion; and bendable contact portions respectively formed at distal ends of said elastic pieces, to come into contact with a male contact inserted between said bendable contact portions, wherein each of said elastic pieces has, at said distal end thereof, a bendable protrusion substantially adjacent to where a bendable contact portion of said bendable contact portions is formed, said bendable protrusion projecting in a lateral direction opposite to an opposing one of said elastic pieces, and said pair of elastic pieces are deformed by twisting or bending, so that said bendable contact portions oppose each other, each of said elastic pieces has, at said distal end, a planar portion adjacent to a projection extending between the main body portion and said bendable protrusion, said planar portion being located substantially adjacent to said bendable protrusion so as to provide slidable contact between said planar portion and said male contact, and said main body portion has a flat plate shape.