Patent ID: 7275954
Filing Date: 2007-10-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector comprising: first and second contacts to be connected to a connection object; a housing holding the first and the second contacts, the connection object being adapted to be inserted into and removed from the housing in an inserting/removing direction; and an actuator having a cam and movable with respect to the housing between a connecting position of the connection object and a disconnecting position of the connection object, wherein: the first contact comprises a first contacting portion with a first contact point, a pivot portion pivotally supporting the cam and operated by the cam, and a connecting portion which is elastically deformable to make the first contacting portion and the pivot portion be movable with respect to the housing, the second contact comprises a second contacting portion with a second contact point and a butting portion which is fixed to the housing and displaced from the cam in the inserting/removing direction, the second contact point faces the cam in a direction perpendicular to the inserting/removing direction, the first contact point faces the butting portion in a direction perpendicular to the inserting/removing direction, the connection object is inserted between the second contact point and the cam and between the first contact point and the butting portion, and when the actuator is moved from the disconnecting position to the connecting position, the cam moves the connection object and the pivot portion towards directions which are mutually away, whereby the connection object is clamped between the second contact point and the cam and between the butting portion and the first contact point.