Patent ID: 7470158

Claim:
A connecting device comprising: a contact; and a body for accommodating the contact, the contact including a first connection part for connecting a lead terminal and a second connection part for connecting a substrate, wherein the first connection part of the contact has first and second clamp arms which are elastically deformable, the first and second clamp arms including: first and second bent or curved parts which are bent or curved in directions away from each other; and first and second hold parts which are continued from tips of the first and second bent or curved parts and are bent or curved in directions opposite to the first and second bent or curved parts, wherein, when the first and second bent or curved parts of the first and second clamp arms are press-operated in directions approaching each other respectively, the first and second hold parts move in directions approaching each other and then basal end portions thereof intersect each other so as to form a space between distal end portions of the first and second hold parts for inserting the lead terminal from above, and when the first and second bent or curved parts are released from the press operation, the distal end portions of the first and second hold parts move in directions approaching each other so as to close the space, whereby the lead terminal is held between the distal end portions of the first and second hold parts, and wherein the body is provided above said space with an insertion hole for allowing insertion of the lead terminal into the space.