Patent ID: 9225097
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector being connectable with a sheet-like or plate-like object having an end, the connector comprising: a base member, a contact and an actuator; wherein the base member is formed with a mount surface and a ditch; the ditch is recessed downward from the mount surface in an up-down direction and extends along a front-rear direction perpendicular to the up-down direction; the contact is held by the base member; the contact has a lower portion and a contact point; the ditch accommodates, at least in part, the lower portion; the lower portion is provided with the contact point; the actuator is supported by the base member so as to be openable and closable; the actuator has a press portion and a guard portion and is selectively locatable at a contact guard position, an open position and a keep position located between the open position and the contact guard position; when the actuator is located at the open position, the guard portion is located upward of the press portion in the up-down direction so that the end of the object is mountable on the mount surface; the guard portion is located forward of the press portion in the front-rear direction when the actuator is located at the keep position or the contact guard position; when the actuator is closed to the keep position under a state where the end of the object is mounted on the mount surface, the press portion presses the end of the object against the mount surface while the contact point of the contact is brought into contact with the end of the object; and when the actuator is closed to the contact guard position under a state where the object is not mounted on the mount surface, the guard portion is, at least in part, located under the mount surface in the up-down direction while the guard portion hides the contact point so that the contact point is unable to be seen when the connector is viewed from the front thereof in the front-rear direction.