Patent ID: 9209557
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electric connector, comprising a plug including a plug terminal and a socket including a socket terminal, the plug terminal and the socket terminal coming into contact with each other and being electrically connected to each other when the plug and the socket are fitted together, wherein the socket terminal includes a connection portion that comes into contact with the plug terminal, wherein the plug terminal includes a locking portion on a contact surface that comes into contact with the connection portion of the socket terminal, the connection portion being locked on the locking portion by coming into contact with the locking portion when moving in a direction in which the plug terminal is pulled out from the socket terminal, wherein the connection portion of the socket terminal includes a front connection portion and a rear connection portion, each of which includes a contact edge formed of an end portion of a flat metal sheet, wherein, while the connector is being changed into a fitted state, the contact edge of the front connection portion wipes away an impurity that adheres to the contact surface by contacting the plug terminal until passing the locking portion from an end-side portion of the plug terminal and, while the connector is in the fitted state, the contact edge is locked on the locking portion as a result of the plug moving relative to the socket in the direction in which the plug terminal is pulled out from the socket terminal, wherein the contact edge of the rear connection portion comes into contact with the plug terminal subsequent to the front connection portion and is electrically connected with the plug terminal at a position between the locking portion and the end-side portion wiped by the contact edge of the front connection portion, and wherein the socket terminal includes a front terminal and a rear terminal, the front terminal including an elastic piece that elastically supports the front connection portion, the rear terminal including an elastic piece that elastically supports the rear connection portion.