Patent ID: 7195495

Claim:
A connector comprising: a plug including a plug body made of an insulating material and at least one plug contact supported by said plug body; a receptacle including a receptacle body made of an insulating material and at least one receptacle contact supported by said receptacle body, wherein said receptacle contact contacts said plug contact so as to be electrically connected with said plug contact when said plug is inserted into an insertion groove of said receptacle; wherein said receptacle contact comprises a contactprojecting portion which is arranged to resiliently project towards said plug contact when said plug is inserted into or extracted from said insertion groove of said receptacle; wherein said plug contact comprises a contacting portion to which said contact projecting portion contacts when said plug is inserted into or extracted from said insertion groove of said receptacle; wherein said contacting portion comprises, a first projecting portion which is arranged to project towards said contact projecting portion, and two second projecting portions which are formed to be narrower in width than said first projecting portion and to extend in an insertion/extraction direction of said plug, each end of which is formed continuously with said first projecting portion, and each of said two second projecting portions projects towards said contact projecting portion; the first projection being greater in height than the second projections in a direction perpendicular to the insertion/extraction direction; and wherein a surface of said contact projecting portion, to which said contacting portion contacts, is formed to be flat in a cross-section of said contact projecting portion perpendicular to the insertion/extraction direction of said plug; and a width of said surface in a direction perpendicular to the insertion/extraction direction of said plug is wider than that of said second projecting portions.