Patent ID: 8702454

Claim:
A contact to be inserted in a housing, the contact comprising: an electric contact part to be electrically connected to a terminal of a mating connector when the contact is inserted in the housing; a press-fit fixing part that is continuously extended from the electric contact part in a longitudinal direction; a pair of concave pressed parts formed on a first surface of the press-fit fixing part; and a pair of curved convex parts formed on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the press-fit fixing part corresponding to the pair of concave pressed parts, wherein each of the pair of concave pressed parts is provided on a respective opposite lateral end of the press-fit fixing part and spaced apart at a first predetermined gap so that a first area of the first surface that encompasses the first predetermined gap is flush with a second area that abuts the first area of the first surface, and each of the pair of curved convex parts is provided on a respective opposite lateral end of the press-fit fixing part and spaced apart at a second predetermined gap such that a first area of the second surface that encompasses the second predetermined gap is flush with a second area of the second surface that abuts the first area of the second surface.