Patent ID: 7300291
Filing Date: 2007-11-27
Classification: G06F,G06K,H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector comprising: a housing having an entrance for receiving a connection object; a contact held by said housing for connection to said connection object; a guide member coupled to said entrance for guiding said connection object in a first direction; and a guide portion disposed near said entrance in said housing and at a first portion in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction, said guide portion, by the use of a moving force of said connection object, adapted to guide said connection object toward a second portion that allows said connection object to pass therethrough, wherein said guide portion comprises an inclined portion inclined with respect to said first and second directions and engageable with said connection object and a direction of inclination of said inclined portion is set so as to transfer said engaged connection object to said second portion; wherein said guide member comprises a plate portion extending in said first and second directions and said inclined portion is formed as part of said plate portion; wherein said plate portion comprises a recessed portion at a position corresponding to said second portion, said recessed portion located farther from said entrance than said inclined portion; and wherein said plate portion comprises an additional inclined portion between said inclined portion and said recessed portion, said additional inclined portion inclined at an angle more acute than that of said inclined portion with respect to said second direction.