Patent ID: 8172592

Claim:
A connector comprising a connector main body into which an object to be connected can be inserted, a plurality of contacts arranged with spaces in a width direction of the connector main body, a press member capable of rotating for pushing the plurality of contacts toward the object to be connected which is inserted in the connector main body, a lock member which locks the object to be connected by engaging with an engagement portion provided at both width ends of the object to be connected, wherein each of the plurality of contacts is pushed toward the object to be connected by the press member when the press member is rotated toward one direction, and the pushing of the contacts by the press member is released when the press member is rotated toward an other direction, when a tip of the object inserted into the connector main body touches the lock member, the lock member is deformed springy so that the lock member is moved from a predetermined position toward an outside in the width direction of the connector main body, when the lock member engages with the engagement portion of the object to be connected, the lock member moves toward an inside in the width direction of the connector main body and returns to the predetermined position, when the press member is rotated toward the one direction in a state in which the lock member is being moved from the predetermined position toward the outside in the width direction of the connector main body, the both width ends of the press member abut against the lock member from a direction which is perpendicular to the width direction of the connector main body, and the abutting regulates the rotation of the press member, when the press member is rotated toward the one direction in a state in which the lock member is being returned to the predetermined position, the rotation of the press member is permitted.