Patent ID: 8622767
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector comprising: an insulator, into which a thin plate-like object to be connected to said connector is removably insertable, including a plurality of contact insertion grooves and a plurality of partition walls that are positioned between said contact insertion grooves to separate said contact insertion grooves from one another, said contact insertion grooves being elongated in an insertion/removal direction of said thin plate-like object and arranged in a direction orthogonal to said insertion/removal direction; and a plurality of contacts which are inserted into said contact insertion grooves, respectively, each of said contacts including a first contact portion and a second contact portion that are spaced from each other in a direction of thickness of said thin plate-like object to allow said thin plate-like object to be inserted in between said first contact portion and said second contact portion, and further including a connecting portion which connects said first contact portion and said second contact portion to each other, wherein at least one of said first contact portion and said second contact portion comes in contact with said thin plate-like object when said thin plate-like object is inserted into said insulator, wherein a hollow portion having a greater width than each of said contact insertion grooves is formed in each of said partition walls of said insulator in a manner such that said hollow portion superimposes part of each contact of said contacts as viewed in a contact arranging direction in which said contacts are arranged, and in a manner such that each of said plurality of partition walls prevents each corresponding said hollow portion from being communicatively connected with said contact insertion grooves in said contact arranging direction.