Patent ID: 7862345

Claim:
An electrical connector consisting of a plug connector and a receptacle connector detachably fitted with each other, said receptacle connector including a plurality of receptacle contacts each having a first contact portion adapted to contact a mating contact, a first fixed portion to be fixed to a block, and a first connection portion to be connected to a substrate, and the block for arranging and holding said receptacle contacts, and said plug connector including a plurality of plug contacts each having a second contact portion adapted to contact said receptacle contact, second and third fixed portions to be fixed to a housing and an insulator, respectively, and a second connection portion to be connected to a substrate, and the housing and the insulator for arranging and holding said plug contacts, wherein each of said plug contacts is provided between said second and third fixed portions with an elastic portion having at least one snaked portion, and said insulator is held in a floating state in said housing by supporting the insulator only by said plug contacts, wherein the shape of the second contact portion of each of said plug contacts is substantially in the form of a plate-shaped piece, and further the second contact portion of each of said plug contacts and the first contact portion of each of said receptacle contacts are caused to contact each other in line contact at one location, and wherein said elastic portion of each of said plug contacts is arranged within a range from a position below said second contact portion on the side of the second connection portion to a position below said insulator on the side of the second connection portion.