Patent ID: 8936479
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector connectable to an object which is inserted therein, the connector comprising: a housing having a pivot supporter; and a plurality of contacts held by the housing so as to be arranged in a pitch direction, the plurality of contacts consisting of a plurality of first contacts and a plurality of second contacts, and the connector having no types of contacts other than the first contacts and second contacts; wherein each of the plurality of first contacts is integrally formed with a first support member held by the housing; wherein each of the plurality of second contacts is integrally formed with a second support member held by the housing; and wherein the connector further comprises: an actuator having a supported shaft corresponding to the pivot supporter, a first supported portion corresponding to the first support member and a second supported portion corresponding to the second support member, the actuator being movable between an open position where the object is insertable into the connector and a close position where the object is kept in a connected state in which the object is connected to the connector, the first supported portion being brought into contact with the first support member located thereabove both when the actuator is located at the open position and when the actuator is located at the close position, the second supported portion being brought into contact with the second support member located therebelow both when the actuator is located at the open position and when the actuator is located at the close position, the supported shaft pressing the pivot supporter downward when the actuator moves from the open position toward the close position so that the actuator receives an upward reaction force, the first supported portion pushing up the first support member when the actuator receives the reaction force, and the second supported portion being temporarily apart from the second support member when the actuator receives the reaction force.