Patent ID: 8323044

Claim:
A connector comprising: an insulator, into which a thin sheet connection target is removably insertable; a plurality of first contacts, each provided with a first fixed contact portion which is fixed onto said insulator and positioned substantially parallel with an inserting direction of said connection target, and a first movable contact portion which is swingable about an intermediate part of said first contact relative to said first fixed contact portion, wherein said first contacts accommodate said connection target in a space between one end of the first fixed contact portions and one end of the first movable contact portions; and an actuator, rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position, said actuator extending in a direction opposite to a removal direction of said connection target in said locked position and extending substantially perpendicular to said inserting direction in said unlocked position, wherein said actuator is provided with a cam portion positioned between the other end of the first movable contact portions and the other end of the first fixed contact portions so that, when said actuator reaches said locked position, said other end of the first movable contact portions is pressed by said cam portion in a direction away from the first fixed contact portions so that said one end of the movable contact portion comes in contact with said connection target, wherein said first fixed contact portion of each of said first contacts is provided with a stopper protrusion at a position closer to said other end than a position of said cam portion, and a hook portion provided on said stopper protrusion and projecting towards said one end, wherein said first movable contact portion of each of said first contacts is provided with an engagement protrusion at a position closer to said one end than a position of said stopper protrusion to be engaged, from said stopper protrusion side, with said cam portion of said actuator at said locked position, wherein said actuator is provided with a plurality of escape recesses, into each of which said other end of said first movable contact portion enters when said actuator is at said unlocked position, and wherein said actuator is provided with a rotation prohibition surface on a surface opposite to said escape recess, said rotation prohibition surface engaging with said hook portion from the first fixed contact portion side when said actuator is at said unlocked position.