Patent ID: 6220871
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
An electrical connector including a first connector having a plate and a plurality of electric contacts provided on one surface of the plate, a housing having a fitting opening for the first connector, a second connector to be detachably connected to said first connector and having a plurality of electric contact elements provided on one surface of the second connector and a block on which said second connector is mounted, said electric contacts and said electric contact elements of the first and second connectors to be electrically connected to each other,wherein said electric contact elements of the second connector are provided on a board of the second connector, said electric contact elements having metal layers as lead wires having a width (w) greater than 44 .mu.m and not more than 315 .mu.m and extending from said electric contact elements, and said board is formed with slits closely around said electric contact elements thereby enabling the board to support the electric contact elements elastically, wherein said board of the second connector has a thickness (h) not more than 150 .mu.m, and metal conductors are provided on said board of the second connector on the opposite side of its electric contact elements; andwherein said board of the second connector is provided with an elastomeric layer on the opposite side of the electric contact elements.