Patent ID: 6902410
Filing Date: 2005-06-07
Classification: G01R,H01R

Abstract:
1. A contact unit electrically connecting two connection objects using a connecting device arranged in a hole portion formed in at least one surface of an insulating member, wherein said connecting device comprises a contact which is pressed to engage a connection terminal of at least one of said two connection objects for electrical connection therewith; a stationary, cylindrical conductive member provided on an inner circumferential surface of said hole portion to electrically connect said contact with the other connection object; and a resilient member which urges said contact outwardly relative to said conductive member to protrude partially from said hole portion at an open end of said conductive member, said resilient member being deformed due to the urging of said contact to impart a rotational force on said contact around a contact point between said contact and said connection terminal connected therewith; and a retaining member connected with the insulating member around said open end of said conductive member for retaining said contact within said hole portion independent of said conductive member.