Patent ID: 8979570
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector into which a plate-like or sheet-like object comprising an interposed portion and a locked portion is insertable rearward along an insertion direction from a front end of the connector, the connector comprising: a receiving portion having a bottom surface, the receiving portion being configured to receive the inserted object; a housing having a lock portion and a recess, the lock portion protruding upward over the bottom surface of the receiving portion, the recess being located rearward of the lock portion, the recess having a bottom portion, the bottom portion of the recess being located below the bottom surface of the receiving portion; and an actuator having a pressing portion, the actuator being supported by the housing so as to be pivotable between an open position and a close position, wherein in a state in which the actuator is located at the open position, the object is receivable in the receiving portion, and in a state in which the object is received in the receiving portion, the interposed portion of the received object is located above the recess, and the locked portion of the received object is located rearward of the lock portion, the lock portion preventing the object from being moved forward so that the pressing portion located above the recess and the bottom portion of the recess interpose the interposed portion of the received object when the actuator pivots rearward of the lock portion from the open position to the close position.