Patent ID: 7828570
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector to be detachably fitted with a connecting object, said connector including a required number of contacts each having a contact portion adapted to contact said connecting object and a connection portion to be connected to a substrate, a housing having inserting holes for arranging and holding said contacts inserted in said inserting holes and a fitting opening into which said connecting object is inserted, and a pivoting member mounted on said housing on an opposite side of said fitting opening and acting upon said contacts to bring them into contact with said connecting object, wherein said contacts consist of two kinds, wherein said contacts of a first kind termed as first contacts each comprises a first piece having at one end a contact portion and at another end a pressure receiving portion, a second piece having at an outer end said connection portion, and an elastic portion and a fulcrum portion positioned between said contact portion and said connection portion and jointing said first piece and the another end of said second piece, and said contact portion, said elastic portion, said fulcrum portion and said connection portion being arranged substantially in the form of a crank, wherein said pivoting member is provided with anchoring grooves independent from one another for receiving the pressure receiving portions of said first contacts, respectively, and said pivoting member is further provided with pushing portions formed by bottoms of said anchoring grooves, said pushing portions acting upon said pressure receiving portions of said first contacts, respectively, when said pivoting member is being pivotally moved (rotated), wherein said contacts of a second kind termed as second contacts each comprise a first piece having at one end said contact portion and at the another end a pressure receiving portion provided with an extended portion at the tip of the pressure receiving portion and a second piece, an elastic portion and a fulcrum portion are likewise with said first contacts, and said pivoting member is further provided with an anchoring hole or holes independent from one another each for receiving the pressure receiving portion of said second contact, and said pivoting member is further provided with an engaging rod or rods each engaging said extended portion of said second contact, wherein said first and second contacts are alternately arranged to be staggered, wherein the anchoring grooves have a different shape from the anchoring hole or holes, and wherein the pushing portions have a different second shape from the engaging rod or rods.