Patent ID: 7207829
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electric connector, comprising: a plug member, adapted to be fitted into a socket body in a first direction, the plug member comprising: a plug body, formed with a groove extending in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction; and a plurality of plug contacts, each of which includes a first contact piece and a second contact piece which are opposed to each other with a gap therebetween, and a first blade portion extended from the first contact piece so as to oppose to the second contact piece, the plug contacts being arrayed in the second direction such that the first contact piece is disposed in the groove and the second contact piece is disposed on an outer face of a side wall of the plug body to be electrically connected with the socket body; a wiring member, having a plurality of core conductors arrayed in the second direction and covered with an insulating sheath, the wiring member including a first portion adapted to be inserted into the groove in the first direction; and a pressing member, having a first part extending in the first direction, and attached to the plug body such that the first part is inserted into the groove, thereby pressing the first portion of the wiring member against the first contact piece in a third direction which is orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction, wherein the first contact piece and the second contact piece are resiliently deformable in the third direction, so that each first blade portion bites into an associated one of the core conductors in the first portion of the wiring member, and the first portion of the wiring member is resiliently clamped between the first contact piece and the first part of the pressing member.