Patent ID: 6974336

Claim:
A connector comprising an insulator and first and second signal contacts held by the insulator, each of the first and the second signal contacts comprising: a fixed portion fixed to the insulator, a contacting portion connected to one end of the fixed portion and extending in a first direction; a bent portion connected to the other end of the fixed portion; a first intermediate portion extending from the bent portion in the first direction; a second intermediate portion extending from the first intermediate portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a terminal portion extending from the second intermediate portion in the first direction, the first intermediate portion of the first signal contact and the first intermediate portion of the second signal contact being placed at positions which are different from each other in the second direction, the second intermediate portion of the first signal contact and the second intermediate portion of the second signal contact being different from each other in the first direction, the bent portions being shaped to make the first and the second signal contacts be substantially equal in total length to each other; wherein the first intermediate portion of the first signal contact and the first intermediate portion of the second signal contact are placed at positions which are different from each other in a third direction perpendicular to the first and the second directions, the second intermediate portion of the first signal contact and the second intermediate portion of the second signal contact are placed at positions which are different from each other in the third direction; and wherein the contacting portion of the first signal contact and the contacting portion of the second signal contact are faced to each other in the second direction.