Patent ID: 8475207
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector comprising: a contact; a housing having a cavity into which the contact may be inserted formed therein, the housing retaining the contact inserted into the cavity; and a supporting piece that may be inserted into the cavity in the direction opposite to a direction in which the contact is inserted, wherein the housing comprises: the supporting piece is inserted into a gap formed between the contact and an inner wall surface of the housing due to the movement by the pressing piece, the supporting piece comprises: the supporting piece comprises a pair of reinforced wall parts that sandwich the pressing piece state sensing part, a groove is formed by the pressing piece state sensing part and the pair of reinforced wall parts, the prismatic part comprises a first supporting surface; each of the reinforced wall parts comprises a second supporting surface which is formed on the same plane as the first supporting surface; and the contact is supported by the first supporting surface of the prismatic part and the second supporting surfaces of the pair of reinforced wall parts.