Patent ID: 7695289

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a housing to be fixed to a board; and a contact provided in the housing, the contact being configured to be connected to a plug to be attached to the housing, the contact including a first contact part including a body part, a first terminal part provided at a first end of the body part and configured to connect to the plug, and a first connection part provided at a second end of the body part; one or more second contact parts each including a second terminal part at a first end thereof and a second connection part at a second end thereof, the second terminal part being configured to connect to an electrode provided on the board; and one or more third contact parts each including an elastically deformable elastic part having a first end thereof connected to the first contact part and a second end thereof connected to the second contact part, the third contact part being configured to hold the first connection part and the second connection part so that the first connection part and the second connection part face each other across a gap, wherein the second terminal part is configured to be brought into press contact with the electrode by an elastic force to be generated in the third contact part in response to fixation of the housing to the board, and the third contact part is configured to elastically deform in response to at least one of attachment of the plug to the housing and the fixation of the housing to the board, so as to cause the first connection part and the second connection part to come into contact and be electrically connected.