Patent ID: 7635274
Filing Date: 2009-12-22
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector consisting of a plug connector and a receptacle connector detachably fitted with each other, said receptacle connector including a plurality of receptacle contacts each having a first contact portion adapted to contact a mating contact, a first fixed portion to be fixed to a block, and a first connection portion to be connected to a substrate, and the block for arranging and holding said receptacle contacts, and said plug connector including a plurality of plug contacts each having a second contact portion adapted to contact said receptacle contact, second and third fixed portions to be fixed to a housing and an insulator, respectively, and a second connection portion to be connected to a substrate, and the housing and the insulator for arranging and holding said plug contacts, wherein each of said plug contacts is provided between said second and third fixed portions with an elastic portion having at least one snaked portion, and said insulator is held in a floating state in said housing by supporting the insulator only by said plug contacts, wherein said elastic portion of each of said plug contacts is arranged in a position such that its upper curved portion on the side of fitting is at substantially the same height as said second contact portion and the lower curved portion on the opposite side of the fitting is at substantially the same height as the lower end of said insulator, and wherein each of said receptacle contacts is further provided with a third contact portion to contact said elastic portion by folding back the distal end of the first contact portion toward the first connection portion, and shapes of the second contact portion and the elastic portion of each of said plug contacts are substantially in the form of plate-shaped pieces, and further the first contact portion and the third contact portion of each of said receptacle contacts and the second contact portion and the elastic portion of each of said plug contacts are caused to contact each other in line contacts at two locations.