Patent ID: 7311525

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a fixed housing attached to a circuit board, a movable housing provided with a connecting hollow in which a counterpart electrical connector is inserted, a plurality of conductive contacts which are arranged along a predetermined direction for coupling the movable housing with the fixed housing and each of which has a first portion connected with a circuit terminal on the circuit board to which the fixed housing is attached and a second portion positioned in the connecting follow for coming into press-contact with a connecting terminal provided on the counterpart electrical connector inserted in the connecting hollow, and an engaging mechanism including parts of the fixed and movable housings and operative to put the movable housing selectively in a first state in which the movable housing is temporarily fixed to the fixed housing and takes a first posture with which an inserting direction of the counterpart electrical connector to the connecting hollow is angled to the circuit board to which the fixed housing is attached and in a second state in which the movable housing is able to move freely to the fixed housing in a predetermined range and takes a second posture with which the inserting direction of the counterpart electrical connector to the connecting hollow is in substantially parallel with the circuit board to which the fixed housing is attached.