Patent ID: 8840411

Claim:
A connector for detachably plugging a connecting object, comprising: a plurality of contacts, each having a contact portion for contacting the connecting object, a pressure receiving portion subjected to action of a pivoting member; a housing holding and arranging the contacts and having a fitting opening for inserting the connecting object; and the pivoting member pivotally mounted on a side of the housing opposite from the fitting opening; wherein locking members, each of which has an engaging portion for engaging with one of anchoring portions each provided by the connecting object; a connection portion for connecting to a board; an elastic portion and a fulcrum portion provided between the engaging portion and the connection portion; and a pressure receiving portion extending from the elastic portion in a direction opposite from that of the engaging portion, are arranged at either end in a longitudinal pitch direction of the connector; the housing is provided with a first recess portion on an upper side of the housing that allows the pressure receiving portions of the contacts to be moved, a second recess portion extending from the fitting opening and cutting open a lower side of the housing, and grooves on the upper side of the housing extending from the fitting opening; fixtures, each of which has an engaging portion for engaging with one groove each and a connection portion for connecting to the board, are arranged on a side of the housing where the fitting opening is located; and each contact is at least provided with a first elastic portion and a first fulcrum portion provided between a first contact portion, which is the contact portion, and a first connection portion such that the first contact portion, the first elastic portion, the first fulcrum portion and the first connection portion are arranged roughly in a U-shape and such that the second recess portion accommodates part of the contact from the first fulcrum portion to the first connection portion, and with a first pressure receiving portion, which is the pressure receiving portion, extending from the first elastic portion in the direction opposite from the first contact portion.