Patent ID: 7137849
Filing Date: 2006-11-21
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector comprising: contact members comprising elastically deformable points of contact formed in two locations, wherein the contact members have a first leg, a second leg, and an intermediate leg interconnecting an end of the first leg to an end of the second leg such that the contact members, when viewed lying in a plane, have an S-shape, with one of the locations on the first leg and the other one of the locations on the second leg, with the points of contact facing away from one another in opposite directions; and a main connector body for insulating and holding a plurality of contact members arranged at intervals in a width direction with said points of contact in the two locations of the respective contact members being in the same positions as seen in the direction of arrangement, wherein said main connector body includes a pair of socket portions for receiving board ends defining land electrodes in two rows corresponding to said points of contact of the respective contact members lying in the same positions as seen in the direction of arrangement, so that the land electrodes are in pressure contact with the corresponding points of contact.