Patent ID: 7825676

Claim:
A contactor for electrically connecting terminals of an electronic part to an external circuit, comprising: a contactor substrate having a plurality of holes; contact terminals each of which is formed by one piece of elongated electrically conductive material inserted into each of the holes of the contactor substrate so that a part protrudes from the hole; and an electrically conductive part formed on an inner surface of each of the holes, wherein each of said contact terminals has a first contact part that forms a first end of each contact terminal and makes physical contact with a respective one of said terminals of said electronic part, a first bent portion formed near a second end of each contact terminal, which is formed by one piece of the elongated electrically conductive material, the second end being opposite to the first end of each contact terminal, and a second contact part that is formed in a second bent portion formed by bending each contact terminal at a middle portion between the first contact part and the first bent portion so that the second contact part is displaced in a direction perpendicular to a direction of a pressing force when the pressing force is applied to the first end of each contact terminal, the second contact part being configured to contact said electrically conductive part at the middle portion of each contact terminal so as to electrically connect to said external circuit, and said contact terminals are interposed between said electronic part and said external circuit, and said contact terminals electrically connect said electronic part and said external circuit to each other.