Patent ID: 7959471
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: A61B,H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector, comprising: a first plug connector having a first protruding portion and first contacts arranged flat on an outer surface of the first protruding portion; a second plug connector having a pair of second protruding portions and second contacts respectively arranged flat on outer surfaces of the pair of second protruding portions; and a receptacle connector that includes: an opening into which the first plug connector and the second plug connector can be selectively inserted, a first groove portion that is provided inside the opening, and into which the first protruding portion of the first plug connector can fit, first receiving-side contacts that are arranged flat inside the first groove portion so as to electrically conduct with the first contacts in a state in which the first protruding portion has been fitted therein, a pair of second groove portions that are provided so as to surround the first groove portion, and into which the pair of second protruding portions can fit, and second receiving-side contacts that are arranged flat inside the pair of second groove portions, respectively, so as to electrically conduct with the second contacts in a state in which the pair of second protruding portions have been fitted therein.