Patent ID: 8628343
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector comprising: a contact portion electrically connectable to a plate-shaped connection object; a housing having a slit-shaped opening into which the connection object is insertable, the housing accommodating the contact portion; an actuator which is supported on the housing swingably between an opened posture and a pressing posture about an axis extending in a width direction of the opening, and configured to directly press the connection object when the actuator is in the pressing posture; and a restricting mechanism which is provided along the width direction of the opening, formed in both the housing and the actuator, and configured to prevent the actuator from being deformed in a direction opposite to a pressing direction of the actuator when the actuator is in a pressing posture of pressing the connection object, wherein the actuator has an axis and a shaft that protrudes from lateral end portions of the actuator, wherein the housing has lateral walls, each of which is provided with an approximately U-shaped shaft support for rotatably supporting the corresponding shaft so as to restrict a sliding movement of the connection object along an insertion direction while allowing a rotational movement of the shaft, wherein the restricting mechanism comprises a projection which projects from the housing and has a restricting face facing downward, and a recess which is formed in the actuator contiguously from an upper face to a front face of the actuator and has a restricted face configured to be brought into surface contact with the restricting face when the actuator is in the pressing posture, and wherein the restricted face is provided on the axis in a planar view in which the actuator is in the pressing posture.