Patent ID: 7828571
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector to which an object is to be connected, comprising: an insulator having at least one contact support groove; and at least one contact which is fixed to said insulator by being inserted into said contact support groove, said contact being contactable with said object after said object is inserted into said insulator, wherein said insulator includes at least one holding portion formed as one of a recess and a through-hole which is communicatively connected with said contact support groove, wherein said contact includes a locking protrusion which comes into engagement with said holding portion to hold said contact to said insulator when said contact is inserted into said contact support groove, wherein a plurality of said contact support grooves are arranged in a predetermined direction, wherein a plurality of said contacts are inserted into said plurality of contact support grooves, respectively, wherein a plurality of said holding portions are communicatively connected with said plurality of contact support grooves, respectively, and are provided at alternately different positions in a lengthwise direction of said plurality of contact support grooves to be arranged in a zigzag fashion, and wherein said locking protrusion is formed on each of said contacts, so that said locking protrusions of said contacts come into engagement with said holding portions when said contacts are inserted into said contact support grooves, respectively, and wherein a protrusion amount of a peak point of said locking protrusions is less than a depth of said holding portions such that said locking protrusions do not contact an inner surface of said holding portions.