Patent ID: 9093795
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector configured to allow a sheet-like or plate-like object to be inserted rearward from a front end in a front-rear direction, the object having a locked portion, the connector comprising: a housing; an actuator supported by the housing so as to be pivotable between an open state and a close state; and a plurality of members including a signal contact and a holding member, the signal contact and the holding member being held by the housing so as to be arranged in a pitch direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction, the signal contact having a shape same as the holding member, each of the signal contact and the holding member having a contact portion and a lock portion located rearward of the contact portion in the front-rear direction, each of the contact portions having a non-angular shape, each of the lock portions having an angular shape, the contact portion of the signal contact being pressed against the object under a predetermined state where the object is inserted in the connector and where the actuator is in the close state, the lock portion of the signal contact being apart from the object in a vertical direction perpendicular to both the front-rear direction and the pitch direction under the predetermined state, the lock portion of the holding member being located at a regulation position under the predetermined state, the regulation position being in front of the locked portion of the object, the lock portion of the holding member regulating a forward movement of the object when located at the regulation position.