Patent ID: 6524140
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector comprising:a conductive contacting portion having a contact point formed at its one end to be brought into contact with a mating object in a first direction at a predetermined position; a spring portion supporting the contacting portion so that the contacting point is elastically movable in the first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; displacement maintaining means for maintaining the contact point in a specific condition such that the contact point is offset from the predetermined position in the second direction; said displacement maintaining means releasing the specific condition when the contacting portion is moved in a direction opposite to the first direction; the contacting portion being inclined in a direction intersecting with the first direction at an acute angle when the specific condition is maintained, and the contacting portion being kept in substantially another direction parallel to the first direction under a restoring force of the spring portion acting in the second direction when the specific condition is released.