Patent ID: 7963777

Claim:
A first connector comprising: a first contact terminal constituted of a metallic material of good electrical conductivity, having at one end first and second contacting portions and having a lead wire connection portion at an opposite end; and a first connector housing having a first connection portion with a first receiving hole sized and adapted to slidably receive the first contact terminal and a second connection portion that is bent at a certain angle relative to and extending from an end of the first connection portion and having a second receiving hole sized and adapted to receive the first contact terminal, the first connector housing being constituted of an electrically insulative resin molding and internally defining an insertion aperture in communication with the first and second receiving holes to form a bent passageway through the first connector housing, the insertion aperture sized and adapted to receive the first and second contacting portions of the first contact terminal, wherein, if the first receiving hole slidably receives the first contact terminal, the lead wire connection portion is disposed in the first receiving hole, the first and second contact portions are disposed in the insertion aperture and the second receiving hole is empty and, if the second receiving hole slidably receives the first contact terminal, the lead wire connection portion is disposed in the second receiving hole, the first and second contact portions are disposed in the insertion aperture and the first receiving hole is empty.