Patent ID: 8622766

Claim:
A connector comprising an accommodation portion, a plurality of contacts, a housing, and an actuator, wherein: the accommodation portion accommodates an end portion of a connection object; each of the plurality of contacts comprises a contact portion, a force receiving portion, a support portion, and a fixed portion; the contact portion is positioned in the accommodation portion; the force receiving portion forms a bifurcated shape together with the contact portion; the support portion elastically supports a boundary part between the contact portion and the force receiving portion; the fixed portion is connected with the support portion; the contact portion, the force receiving portion, and the support portion are deformable and displaceable in an up-down direction perpendicular to an insertion direction of the connection object; the housing comprises a separator portion, and the housing holds the actuator and arranges the plurality of contacts in a left-right direction perpendicular to the insertion direction and the up-down direction by holding each of the fixed portions of the plurality of contacts; the separator portion is positioned between the contact portion and the force receiving portion and comprises a part of the accommodation portion; the actuator comprises a lift portion and is rotatable between a first rotation position and a second rotation position; the lift portion is positioned between the separator portion and the force receiving portion in the up-down direction; when the actuator is rotated from the first rotation position to the second rotation position, the lift portion lifts the force receiving portion so that the contact portion is pushed against a bottom surface of the end portion of the accommodated connection object; the end portion of the connection object comprises a top surface and a bottom surface; the top surface is formed with a ground layer; the bottom surface is formed with a signal layer; the connector further comprises a ground member; the ground member is held by the housing; at least a part of the ground member is positioned in the accommodation portion when the end portion of the connection object is not accommodated in the accommodation portion; and the contact portion is pushed against the signal layer according to the rotation of the actuator, the contact portion is brought into contact with the signal layer, and the ground layer is pushed against a part of the ground member.