Patent ID: 9004940
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector comprising: a contact including a first engaged portion and a second engaged portion, the first engaged portion and the second engaged portion being distinguished from each other; and a housing configured to hold the contact, the housing having a front end and a rear end in a front-to-rear direction, the housing being formed with an accommodating portion, the accommodating portion being configured to accommodate the contact when the contact is inserted from the rear end toward the front end to be located at an accommodating position, the housing having a lance formed within the accommodating portion, the lance being provided with a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion, and the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion being configured to be engaged with the first engaged portion and the second engaged portion of the contact located at the accommodating position, respectively, wherein: the lance has a first pressed portion and a second pressed portion, the first pressed portion being located rearward of the first engaging portion in the front-to-rear direction, and the second pressed portion being located rearward of the second engaging portion in the front-to-rear direction; the contact has a first abutment portion and a second abutment portion, the first abutment portion presses up the lance in an upper-to-lower direction perpendicular to the front-to-rear direction while the contact moves toward the accommodating position, and the second abutment portion presses the lance in a width direction perpendicular to both the front-to-rear direction and the upper-to-lower direction while the contact moves toward the accommodating position; and the lance is elastically deformed along a direction oblique to both the width direction and the upper-to-lower direction while the contact moves toward the accommodating position.