Patent ID: 8998618
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector that electrically connects a first object to be connected and a second object to be connected to each other, the connector comprising: a plurality of plate-shaped contacts each including a first contact portion that is configured to sandwich a first plate-shaped contact portion of the first object to be connected in a manner capable of relatively pivoting in a direction of thickness of the first plate-shaped contact portion, and a second contact portion that is configured to sandwich a second plate-shaped contact portion of the second object to be connected in a manner capable of relatively pivoting in a direction of thickness of the second plate-shaped contact portion; and a holding member that holds said plurality of plate-shaped contacts in a state arranged in a direction of thickness thereof; wherein each of said plurality of plate-shaped contacts is supported by said holding member in a manner capable of pivoting in the direction of thickness of each of the first and second plate-shaped contact portions of the first and second objects to be connected; wherein an entirety of each of said plurality of plate-shaped contacts is capable of pivoting about one of the first contact portions or one of the second contact portions with respect to the holding member; wherein said holding member is a housing that has a contact-accommodating hole for accommodating said plurality of plate-shaped contacts; wherein said plurality of plate-shaped contacts are each accommodated in the contact-accommodating hole in a state in which said plurality of plate-shaped contacts are slidably held; and wherein said plate-shaped contacts each include a linking portion and a lance, and said housing includes stoppers each of which is brought into abutment with one of said linking portions, and engaging portions each of which latches one of the lances.