Patent ID: 8672698

Claim:
A connector comprising: a housing having an insulation property, the housing including: a first depression; and a pair of second depressions provided at opposite edges in a first direction of the first depression, the second depressions each including a bottom surface; a plurality of contacts arranged at intervals along the first direction in the housing, the contacts each including a hook to be disposed within the first depression; and an actuator to be held at least by the housing so as to rotate between a lying position and an upright position, the actuator in the lying position facing to one side in a second direction orthogonally intersecting with the first direction, the actuator in the upright position facing to one side in a third direction orthogonally intersecting with the first and the second directions, the actuator including: a main body; a pair of bosses projecting from respective opposite ends in the first direction of the main body to be received in the respective second depressions; and a shaft located between the bosses of the main body to be received in the first depression, wherein the bosses each include: an axial center, a first contact portion adapted to contact the bottom surface of the associated second depression when the actuator is in the upright position, and a second contact portion adapted to contact the bottom surface of the associated second depression when the actuator is in the lying position, a distance h 1 is smaller than a distance h 2 , where the distance h 1 is a distance between the axial center and the first contact portion and the distance h 2 is a distance between the axial center and the second contact portion, when the actuator is in the upright position, the first contact portions of the bosses are in contact with the bottom surfaces of the second depressions, and the shaft is positioned on the other side in the third direction of the hooks, and when the actuator rotates from the upright position to the lying position, the bosses rotate along the bottom surfaces of the second depressions, and the shaft thereby move to the one side in the third direction to be engaged with the hooks.