Patent ID: 8337237

Claim:
A connector device comprising: a male connector; and a female connector attached to and detached from the male connector by moving the male connector in a sliding direction relative to the female connector, wherein: the male connector comprises plug electrodes arrayed in a row extending in an arraying direction perpendicular to the sliding direction, each plug electrode including a curved part formed at one end of the plug electrode and bent in the arraying direction; the female connector comprises jack electrodes arrayed in a row extending in the arraying direction, each jack electrode including a connection part formed at one end of the jack electrode and projecting in a direction parallel to the sliding direction, each connection part including a support portion and a pair of resilient terminal portions projecting from the support portion in a bifurcated manner; and when the male connector and the female connector are mutually fitted to each other, the curved part of each plug electrode is inserted and fitted between the pair of resilient terminal portions of a corresponding one of the jack electrodes.